Sciences & Environment
Kinéis inherited the ARGOS system which has been serving biologists,
oceanographers, climatologists and volcanologists for over 40 years.
For decades, the international scientific community has been using ARGOS
transmitters to observe and study the Earth, the environment and biodiversity.
more than 100 000
animals tracked by ARGOS
transmitters since the 1980s
1 500
active volcanoes
5 000 plateformes
ocean platforms monitor
ocean parameters
Bird tracking
Around 4,500 birds are monitored every month with CLS’s ARGOS satellite services. Thanks to the miniaturisation of the transmitters, which are increasingly light (some weigh only 2g), and the sensitivity of the receivers on board satellites, which can record very low power emissions (100 mW), new species whose migratory behaviour was hitherto unknown can now be tracked.
Monitoring of land mammals
Approximately 2,000 land mammals are being monitored with CLS’s ARGOS satellite services every month. The world of science and biology uses ARGOS to better understand the distribution of animals in a region in order to better protect them. Robust equipment that can withstand the most extreme environmental conditions is adapted to each species.
