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| • | The Argos Foundation, Inc., is a Florida not-for-profit corporation which operates in accordance with IRS 501(c)(3) guidelines as a charitable educational organization. Headquartered in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the Argos Foundation sponsors a number of programs which expand and enhance the use of satellite-based technologies in four focus areas of activity: humanitarian applications, environmental science and protection, peace and security applications, and educational programs and applications.
The Argos Foundation was established in 2003 by the CLS Group of Companies, headquartered in Toulouse, France. Incorporated in March 2004, the Foundation has since gained significant support from a wide variety of industrial sponsors from the satellite communications industry, from Government, and from private individuals. Stephen Lee Morgan, President of North American CLS, Inc., spearheaded the establishment of the Foundation, and serves as the Foundation's first President & CEO. Siobhan Mullen serves as the Foundation's Executive Vice President, and is based at the Foundation's offices in Maryland.
In the environmental arena, the Foundation sponsors a number of programs. In August 2004, the Foundation joined with North American CLS, Inc., the Florida Aerospace Finance Corporation, and the Florida Space Research Institute, to establish the Centers for Space Oceanography. CSO currently operates as a division of the Foundation, and is headquartered in Cape Canaveral, Florida. CSO is developing specialized applications using a number of space-based platforms to conduct oceanographic observation and analysis from space. Sophisticated software programs developed by CSO researchers and partners provide detailed data fusion maps, displays, and forecasts of the ocean environment from space, including tracking of currents, wave height, ocean surface height, ocean color, and other parameters. Such software tools can be used to provide predictions of eddies, currents, temperatures, algal blooms, etc., in support of operational activities at sea. Applications include commercial fishing, marine animal tracking, impact of ocean currents on coastal and littoral regions, etc. CSO's principal areas of interest include sustainable fisheries management, tracking and observation of marine animals (e.g., turtles, marine mammals, etc.), and observation of coastal regions. CSO's first Executive Director is Lawrence M. Harvey, a retired Naval Aviator, former
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