# Agencia Espacial Espanola
*agency . companies*

## Specifications
- **operator domains**: ["aee.gob.es"]
- **country**: Spain
- **website**: https://aee.gob.es
- **entity type**: company
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-20
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **attributes**: {"kind":"agency","operator_domains":"[\"aee.gob.es\"]","country":"Spain","website":"https://aee.gob.es"}

## Editorial
Agencia Espacial Espanola is Spain's national space agency, established on 20 April 2023 and headquartered in Seville.[^s1][^s3] It coordinates and promotes Spanish public and private space activity across civil, industrial, technological, and security priorities.[^s2][^s3] 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.[^s1] 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.[^s2]

## Sources
- [s1] | Agencia Espacial Espanola - Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agencia_Espacial_Espa%C3%B1ola | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-20
  Founded 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)
- [s2] | AEE official website | https://aee.gob.es | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20
  Coordination and promotion agency for Spain public and private space activities; Atlantic Constellation referenced as ESA-contracted programme
- [s3] | Spain's new space agency is a bigger deal than it seems - SpaceNews | https://spacenews.com/spains-new-space-agency-bigger-deal-than-seems/ | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-20
  Established 2023; dual nature: fostering tech development and national security; based in Seville near Arenosillo launch facility

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