# Agencia Bolivariana para Actividades Espaciales
*agency . companies*

## Specifications
- **operator domains**: ["abae.gob.ve"]
- **country**: Venezuela
- **website**: http://www.abae.gob.ve
- **entity type**: company
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-20
- **verified by**: sw
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **attributes**: {"kind":"agency","operator_domains":"[\"abae.gob.ve\"]","country":"Venezuela","website":"http://www.abae.gob.ve"}

## Editorial
ABAE is Venezuela's national space agency, a decentralized aerospace entity under the Ministry of Science with headquarters in Caracas.[^wiki-abae][^abae-website] It was created as the Venezuelan Space Center on 28 November 2005 and renamed Agencia Bolivariana para Actividades Espaciales on 25 October 2007.[^wiki-abae] Its Earth-observation record centers on the VRSS programme: VRSS-1 Miranda operated from 2012 to 2022, and VRSS-2 Sucre has a recorded 2017 to 2023 window with panchromatic, multispectral, shortwave-infrared, and longwave-infrared imaging roles.[^wiki-vrss1][^wiki-vrss2][^wmo-oscar-abae] VRSS-2 status is carried in two forms, inactive after 2023 and a five-year active design life from its 2017 launch.[^wmo-oscar-abae][^wiki-vrss2] ABAE also maintains ground-station infrastructure at Baemari and Luepa for mission support.[^wmo-oscar-abae]

## Sources
- [wiki-abae] | Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities - Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolivarian_Agency_for_Space_Activities | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-20
- [wiki-vrss1] | VRSS-1 - Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRSS-1 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-20
- [wiki-vrss2] | VRSS-2 - Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRSS-2 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-20
- [wmo-oscar-abae] | WMO OSCAR - ABAE Space Agency | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/spaceagencies/view/abae | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20
- [abae-website] | ABAE Official Website | https://abae.gob.ve/ | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-06-20

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