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The '''Agencia Espacial Española''' ('''AEE''';<ref name="rtve" /> {{Lang-en|Spanish Space Agency}}) is a planned [[Space agency|space]] [[List of agencies in Spain|agency]] of [[Public Administration of Spain|Spain's Public Administration]] that will beis in charge of the Spanish space program. The agency was officially announced on 27 May 2021<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Limón |first=Raúl |date=2021-05-27 |title=El Gobierno anuncia la creación de una agencia espacial española |url=https://elpais.com/ciencia/2021-05-27/el-gobierno-anuncia-la-creacion-de-una-agencia-espacial-espanola.html |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=El País |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2021-05-27 |title=El Gobierno anuncia por sorpresa la creación de una Agencia Espacial Española que Duque había descartado |url=https://www.elmundo.es/ciencia-y-salud/ciencia/2021/05/27/60afd71cfdddfff39b8b45da.html |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=ELMUNDO |language=es}}</ref> and is expected to be operational in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Press |first=Europa |date=2022-06-09 |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 |website=www.europapress.es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-14 |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>
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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