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Agencia Espacial Espanola

Agencia Espacial Espanola is Spain's national space agency, established on 20 April 2023 and headquartered in Seville.^[1]^[2] It coordinates and promotes Spanish public and private space activity across civil, industrial, technological, and security priorities.^[3]^[2] Its governance is linked to the Ministry of Science and the Ministry of Defence, and Juan Carlos Cortes Pulido was named Director General in May 2024.^[1] For Earth-observation buyers, AEE is a coordination and programme body rather than a direct operator of an owned EO satellite fleet. The agency's public programme context includes Atlantic Constellation as an ESA-contracted activity referenced by AEE.^[3]

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[1]Agencia Espacial Espanola - Wikipediacommunity2026-06-20Founded April 20 2023; parent Ministry of Science and Ministry of Defence; HQ Seville; EUR 700M initial budget; Director General Juan Carlos Cortes Pulido (May 2024)
[2]Spain's new space agency is a bigger deal than it seems - SpaceNewsthird party2026-06-20Established 2023; dual nature: fostering tech development and national security; based in Seville near Arenosillo launch facility
[3]AEE official websiteagency doc2026-06-20Coordination and promotion agency for Spain public and private space activities; Atlantic Constellation referenced as ESA-contracted programme

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  title = {Agencia Espacial Espanola},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/companies/aee-spain}
}