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Comision Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo Aeroespacial

Comision Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo Aeroespacial (CONIDA) is Peru's national aerospace research and development commission under the Ministry of Defense, with its institutional presence on the Peruvian government portal. ^[1]^[2] It was established on 11 June 1974 under Decree Law 20643 and is headquartered in San Isidro, Lima. ^[2] For EO buyers, CONIDA is the national agency tied to PeruSAT-1 operations: Airbus described CONIDA as operator of the 0.7 m-resolution PeruSAT-1 spacecraft in a roughly 700 km sun-synchronous orbit. ^[3] PeruSAT-1 launched on 15 September 2016 on Vega flight VV07 from Kourou. ^[4]

Operates

PeruSAT-1Operational
Launched 2016-09-15 / Sun-synchronous, ~700 km / 20 km swath

Sources

[1]CONIDA - Informacion institucional - Plataforma del Estado Peruanoagency doc2026-06-20Official Peruvian government portal; institutional mandate and leadership
[2]National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development - Wikipediacommunity2026-06-20Founding (June 11 1974, Decree Law 20643), parent ministry (Defense), HQ (San Isidro Lima), PeruSAT-1 summary
[3]Airbus Defence and Space PeruSAT-1 ready for take-off - Sept 2016operator press2026-06-200.7 m resolution, SSO ~700 km, Vega Kourou, CONIDA as operator; France-Peru IGA 2014
[4]Arianespace Vega VV07 mission - Sept 15 2016agency doc2026-06-20Launch provider page; confirms Sept 15 2016 launch date and Kourou

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@misc{eoatlas:companies:conida,
  title = {Comision Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo Aeroespacial},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/companies/conida}
}