Operations have an early role in projects and plan the ground segment.
CST carries out Mise en Poste for satellites, does COLA and TCM for Spot, with delta inc burns a few times per year. GEO satellite trim burns are made every 2 weeks or so. Ground stations at Toulouse, Kourou, Pretoria and Kerguelen. After Spot 5 and Helios 2, CNES will move to smaller platforms.