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{{short description|Future Spanish agency for Space affairs}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox government agency
| name = Spanish Space Agency
| native_name = Agencia Espacial Española
| seal = GOBWeb MDEF MCIN AEE.png
| seal_size = 250px
| seal_cap =
| image =
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| caption =
| type = [[Space agency]]
| formed =
| preceding1 =
| dissolved =
| superseding =
| jurisdiction = [[Government of Spain]]
| headquarters = CREA Building <br /> José Galán Merino Street 6, 41015 <br /> [[Seville]],
| parent_department = [[Ministry of Science (Spain)|Ministry of Science]]<br/>[[Ministry of Defence (Spain)|Ministry of Defence]]
| employees =
| chief1_name = [[Diana Morant]]
| chief1_position = President
| chief2_name =
| chief2_position = Director
| budget =
| website = {{URL|https://www.aee.gob.es/}}
}}
The '''Agencia Espacial Española''' ('''AEE''';<ref name="rtve" />
This new agency aims to group in a single body all the space powers of the [[General State Administration]], mainly those of the [[Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial|National Institute for Aerospace Technology]] (INTA, created in 1942)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Andreu |first=Abraham |title=Why Spain doesn't have its own space agency |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/spain-space-agency-esa-europe-orbit-moon-apollo-rover-mars-2021-3 |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> and the [[Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology]] (CDTI, created in 1977).
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* To promote collaboration with international space organizations.
In 1986, the Promotion and General Coordination of Scientific and Technical Research Act dismissed the commission and it transferred its powers to two bodies: first, to the [[Interministerial Committees|Interministerial Committee for Science and Technology]] (CICYT, a collective government body to coordinate this affairs) and, secondly, to the [[Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology]] (CDTI), which acts as a space project funding agency and coordinate the [[European Space Agency]]'s programs in Spain.<ref>{{Citation |last=Jefatura del Estado |title=Ley 13/1986, de 14 de abril, de Fomento y Coordinación General de la Investigación Científica y Técnica |date=
=== Recent times ===
In 2014, the Interministerial Committee for Space Industrial and Technological Policy was created to coordinate the interest of the several ministries that at that time had space responsibilities. This committee was made up of representatives from the Ministry of Defense, the [[Ministry of Finance (Spain)|Ministry of Finance and Public Administrations]], the [[Ministry of Development (Spain)|Ministry of Development]], the [[Ministry of Industry (Spain)|Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism]], the [[Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness]], the National Institute of Aerospace Technology, the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology and the [[State Meteorological Agency]] (AEMET).<ref>{{Cite web |last=InfoEspacial |title=La Agencia Espacial Española: No hay tiempo que perder |url=https://www.infoespacial.com/texto-diario/mostrar/3572596/agencia-espacial-espanola-no-hay-tiempo-perder |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=Infoespacial |language=es}}</ref> In 2015, the government announced the creation of the agency to unify all space research activities,<ref>{{Cite web |last=InfoEspacial |title=España tendrá su propia agencia espacial |url=https://www.infoespacial.com/texto-diario/mostrar/3569592/espana-tendra-propia-agencia-espacial |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=Infoespacial |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Teknautas |date=
With the arrival at the [[Ministry of Science (Spain)|Ministry of Science]] of former astronaut [[Pedro Duque]], the industry recovered the idea of creating a [[space agency]], but the government discarded the idea again since they considered that creating more structures was not going to solve the problem and that the most logical was to continue betting on the European Space Agency (ESA).<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Peris |first=Guillermo Peris |title=Duque: "Cuento con la complicidad del presidente porque la ciencia es una de las prioridades de este Gobierno" |url=http://www.diariosigloxxi.com/texto-s/mostrar/287394/duque-cuento-complicidad-presidente-porque-ciencia-prioridades-gobierno |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=Diario Siglo XXI |language=es}}</ref> Despite this, in 27 May 2021, the new Science Minister, [[Diana Morant]], announced that the draft Science Act included the possibility of creating said body, and that, indeed, they would do so.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The new Science, Technology and Innovation Act was passed on 26 August 2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spain votes through overhaul of research careers |url=https://sciencebusiness.net/news/spain-votes-through-overhaul-research-careers |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=Science{{!}}Business |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ansede |first=Manuel |date=25 August 2022
Between 2021 and 2022 the government has been implementing measures in this regard, establishing a new National Security Strategy that considered vital to have a space agency, presenting the Science bill to [[Cortes Generales|Parliament]] and the creation in June 2022 of the Space Council, an interministerial working group in charge of drawing up the internal regulations and the initial action plan of the future Spanish Space Agency.<ref>{{Cite web |last=InfoEspacial |title=Sánchez presenta el Perte aeroespacial y anuncia la creación de un Consejo que acelere la Agencia Española |url=https://www.infoespacial.com/texto-diario/mostrar/3786838/pedro-sanchez-clausura-presentacion-perte-aeroespacial |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=Infoespacial |language=es}}</ref> The Space Council is chaired by a Special Commissioner, a position established in 2022 to coordinate all the public and private efforts to promote the space industry. The government also announced in June 2022 that the [[Spanish Air Force]], the Army of the Air, would be renamed as Army of the Air and Space.<ref>{{Cite web |date=
As initially expected, the agency became operational in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 June 2022 |title=Sánchez confirma que la Agencia Espacial Española estará operativa en 2023 y su sede fuera de Madrid |url=https://www.europapress.es/ciencia/noticia-gobierno-creara-grupo-interministerial-agencia-espacial-espanola-operativa-2023-20220609134634.html |access-date=2022-06-27 |publisher=Europa Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 June 2022 |title=La Agencia Espacial Española será el primer organismo nuevo que el Gobierno ubicará fuera de Madrid dentro del plan de desconcentración |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20220614/8339923/agencia-espacial-espanola-sera-primer-organismo-nuevo-gobierno-ubicara-fuera-madrid-plan-desconcentracion.html |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=La Vanguardia |language=es}}</ref> On 7 March 2023, the [[Council of Ministers (Spain)|Council of Ministers]] approved the internal regulations of the Agency
== Organization ==
The Spanish Space Agency is organized into three main bodies and several subordinated directorates:<ref>{{Citation |last=[[Ministry of the Presidency]] |title=Real Decreto 158/2023, de 7 de marzo, por el que se aprueba el Estatuto de la Agencia Estatal『Agencia Espacial Española』|date=8 March 2023
* The President. The presidency is exercised by the [[Ministry of Science (Spain)|minister of Science and Innovation]]. The president represents the Agency, convenes and directs the meetings of the Governing Council, and proposes to it, after consulting with the minister of Defense, the appointment director of the Agency.
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Finally, there are several advisory and support bodies to assist the different departments of the Agency.
== Directors ==
From March 2023 to December 2023, Miguel Belló Mora, the government commissioner for aerospace projects of the [[Ministry of Science (Spain)|Ministry of Science]] served as acting director. After leaving both offices, the director for Security and Planning of the agency, [[brigadier general]] Juan Carlos Sánchez Delgado, assumed as acting director.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cueto |first=Cristina |date=2023-12-29 |title=Un general del Aire dirigirá de forma provisional la Agencia Espacial Española |url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/sevilla/Aire-provisional-Agencia-Espacial-Espanola_0_1861315342.html |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=Diario de Sevilla |language=es}}</ref> Finally, in May 2024 the [[aerospace engineer]] Juan Carlos Cortés Pulido, then director for Programs and Industry of the agency, was appointed as the first director.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Press |first=Europa |date=2024-05-15 |title=La Agencia Espacial Española nombra director a Juan Carlos Cortés, vicepresidente del ente europeo |url=https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/sevilla-00357/noticia-agencia-espacial-espanola-nombra-director-responsable-programas-industria-vicepresidente-ente-europeo-20240515125803.html |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=www.europapress.es}}</ref>
=== List ===
{| class="wikitable" style="clear:right; text-align:center"
!N.º
!Picture
!Name
!Start
!End
!colspan=2 |[[Prime Minister of Spain|Prime Minister]]
![[Monarchy of Spain|Monarch]]
|-
! -
| [[File:Escudo de España (mazonado).svg|75px]]
| Miguel Belló Mora<br><small>(1961–)</small>
| 8 March 2023
| 28 December 2023
| rowspan="3" style="background: #FF0000;" |
| rowspan="3" |'''[[Pedro Sánchez]]'''<br/>[[File:Pedro Sánchez 2023b (cropped).jpg|60px]]<br/>{{small|(2018-presente)}}
| rowspan="3" |[[File:Corona real española.svg|30px]]<br />'''[[Felipe VI de España|Felipe VI]]'''<br />[[File:Felipe VI in 2020 (cropped).jpg|90x90px]]<br/>{{small|(2014-presente)}}
|-
! -
| [[File:Escudo de España (mazonado).svg|75px]]
| <small>[[Brigadier general]]</small><br/>Juan Carlos Sánchez Delgado
| 28 December 2023
| 15 May 2024
|-
!1.ª
|[[File:Escudo de España (mazonado).svg|75px]]
|Juan Carlos Cortés Pulido
|15 May 2024
|Incumbent
|}
== Headquarters ==
The Spanish prime minister disclosed the newly-created state agency to be headquartered outside of the capital, Madrid, pursuant to the wider administrative decentralization plan devised by the government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/ciencia/noticia-gobierno-creara-grupo-interministerial-agencia-espacial-espanola-operativa-2023-20220609134634.html|website=[[Europa Press (news agency)|Europa Press]]|title=Sánchez confirma que la Agencia Espacial Española estará operativa en 2023 y su sede fuera de Madrid|date=9 June 2022}}</ref> The Government of Spain however announced that it would positively assess places located less than an hour away from an international airport, with connections to [[Brussels]] and
The following municipalities submitted bids to host the headquarters: [[Huelva]], [[Seville]], [[Teruel]], [[Elche]], [[Las Palmas de Gran Canaria]], [[Cabanillas del Campo]], [[Yebes]], [[Puertollano]], [[Ciudad Real]], [[León, Spain|León]], [[Palencia]], [[Cebreros]], [[San Javier, Murcia|San Javier]], [[Tres Cantos]], [[Robledo de Chavela]], and [[L'Hospitalet de Llobregat]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/sevilla/municipios-albergar-Agencia-Espacial-Espanola-Sevilla_0_1736227028.html|website=[[Diario de Sevilla]]|title=¿Cuáles son los 20 municipios que aspiran a albergar la Agencia Espacial Española?|date=6 November 2022}}</ref>
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
*{{Official|https://www.aee.gob.es/}}
{{Space program of Spain}}
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