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CONAE (Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales), or the National Space Activities Commission, is the space agency of Argentina. CONAE is responsible for Argentina's civil space program, including designing, managing, and executing space-related projects for peaceful purposes. It develops Earth observation satellites like the SAC and SAOCOM series, and has fostered international cooperation with agencies such as NASA and ESA, including joint missions and the installation of an ESA deep-space tracking station in Argentina. CONAE's activities align with the National Space Program, focusing on applying space-based information to various socioeconomic sectors.
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VENG is an Argentine company majority owned by the Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE).
VENG is an Argentine technology firm primarily owned by the Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE).
CONAE partnered with the National Atomic Energy Commission of Argentina to develop and test the Saocom L-band phased array antennas.
CONAE signed a launch contract with SpaceX for the Saocom satellites in 2009 with launches originally expected in 2012 and 2013.
Argentina’s space agency CONAE delayed the 2020-03-30 launch of its SAOCOM 1B satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 because COVID-19 restrictions raised questions about the agency’s ability to support the launch and on-orbit commissioning.
The Falcon 9 booster used on 2019-11-11 previously launched 10 Iridium Next satellites in 2018-07-01, CONAE’s Saocom-1A in 2018-10-01, and PSN’s Nusantara Satu in 2019-02-01.
INVAP built the Saocom-1A synthetic aperture radar satellite and developed the yet-to-launch Satcom-1B SAR satellite for the Argentine space agency CONAE.
The Falcon 9 booster that launched on 2019-02-21 was making its third flight after prior missions in July carrying 10 Iridium Next satellites and in October carrying a radar satellite for Argentina’s CONAE.
Saocom-1A is a 3,000-kilogram synthetic aperture radar satellite for the Argentine space agency CONAE.
CONAE signed up for two Falcon 9 launches when SpaceX had only flown the smaller Falcon 1 vehicle.
CONAE contracted Saocom-1A in 2009 with an initial planned launch in 2012 that subsequently slipped.
CONAE will operate Saocom-1A as part of the Argentine-Italian System of Satellites with the Italian Space Agency and will coordinate observations with Italy’s four Cosmo-SkyMed X-band SAR satellites.