Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial
The Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA) is a public research organization under the Spanish Ministry of Defence. Founded in 1942, INTA specializes in aerospace, aeronautics, hydrodynamics, and defense and security technologies research and development. It provides technical assessment, testing, certification services, and R&D to official entities, agencies, and industrial companies, with activities spanning from small satellite programs to collaboration with NASA on missions to Mars through the Astrobiology Center (CAB). INTA also operates space communications centers for tracking NASA and ESA space vehicles.
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El proyecto incluirá la construcción de dos satélites y un segmento terrestre en colaboración con el Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA).
A general from the Army has returned to lead INTA after over a decade of directors from the Air Force and Space.
The Government approved the appointment of Lieutenant General Enrique Campo Loarte as the new head of INTA.
INTA has additional centers such as the Technological Development and Experimentation Center (Cetedex) in Jaén and the Torregorda Testing Center in Cádiz.
INTA's main campus is located in Torrejón de Ardoz, next to the air base, with additional centers and facilities in other locations in Spain.
INTA consists of a general secretariat and five deputy general directorates: Coordination and Plans, Space Systems, Aeronautical Systems, Terrestrial Systems, and Naval Systems.
INTA also has centers in Lugo (Aeroportada Research Center of Rozas), Huelva (Testing Center for Unmanned Systems and Experimentation Center of El Arenosillo), and Gran Canaria (Canary Space Center - Maspalomas Station).
INTA serves as a technological center for the Ministry of Defense.
The Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA) has a new director general.
The new director of INTA is well-acquainted with the defense R&D ecosystem.
INTA specializes in R&D in defense across various sectors of the Armed Forces: aerospace, terrestrial, and naval.
INTA provides technical advisory services and assistance to official entities and industry or technology-based companies.
The last director of INTA was Lieutenant General José Manuel García Siero, who served briefly from 2012 to 2013.
INTA's main functions include carrying out various types of tests for the verification and certification of materials, components, equipment, systems, and subsystems.
MIURA 1 is scheduled to launch in October from the El Arenosillo Experimentation Centre (CEDEA) of the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA).
The ANSER mission is undertaken by INTA, the Spanish Institute of Aerospace Technology.
The ANSER project has been developed using INTA's internal funding and was selected for flight through the IOD/IOV program.
PLD Space postponed the launch of MIURA 1 until next September after reaching an agreement with the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA) of the Ministry of Defence.
PLD Space planned to conduct the Miura 1 suborbital launch in late May from a coastal facility operated by the Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA).
PLD Space’s MIURA 1 SN1 test flight mission at INTA’s El Arenosillo facility in Huelva was carried out on time on 17 June 2023 but did not launch because not all umbilical cables in the avionics bay were released.