The Centers for Space Oceanography (CSO) are an operating division of the Argos Foundation, Inc. CSO was established in August 2004 by a Memorandum of Understanding between the Argos Foundation, the Florida Aerospace Finance Corporation, the Florida Space Research Institute, and North American CLS, Inc. While operating under the corporate umbrella of the Argos Foundation, an executive appointee from each of the founding organizations form the Steering Committee of CSO. The first Chairman of the Steering Committee was Stephen Lee Morgan; the first Executive Director of CSO was Lawrence M. Harvey. In December 2005, NACLS withdrew from the Steering Committee, and was replaced by Gladius, LLC.
