The Atlantic Spaceport Consortium was founded in 2019 to establish a commercial launch base on Santa Maria Island, located 1,500 kilometers from the Portuguese coast.
Innospace can now operate its launch vehicles globally due to existing agreements with spaceports in Brazil and Australia, and the addition of Portugal as a preferred launch destination.
SpaceForest, a Polish company, plans to conduct an international suborbital flight of its Perun rocket from the facilities in the Azores in the first quarter of this year.
The National Communications Authority (Anacom) granted the Atlantic Spaceport Consortium a five-year license to construct and operate the launch base in August 2025.
Private companies, universities, and research institutions can also participate in APRSAF, allowing diverse organizations to discuss solutions to challenges in space development.
APRSAF includes five working groups: the Satellite Utilization Working Group (SAWG), the Space Capacity Building Working Group (SCWG), the Space Education for All Working Group (SE4AWG), the Space Frontier Working Group (SFWG), and the Space Law and Policy Working Group (SPLWG).
A joint statement was released as a result of discussions at APRSAF-31, focusing on four pillars: solving social issues through space technology, expanding the space frontier and promoting space exploration, enhancing space education and workforce development, and fostering international cooperation in space industry, policy, and capacity building.
Working groups conducted discussions and information exchanges on the first two days, followed by plenary sessions reporting on their activities and discussing national space activities on the third and fourth days.
The Atlantic Spaceport Consortium was founded in 2019 to establish a commercial launch base on Santa Maria Island, located 1,500 kilometers from the Portuguese coast.
Innospace can now operate its launch vehicles globally due to existing agreements with spaceports in Brazil and Australia, and the addition of Portugal as a preferred launch destination.
SpaceForest, a Polish company, plans to conduct an international suborbital flight of its Perun rocket from the facilities in the Azores in the first quarter of this year.
The National Communications Authority (Anacom) granted the Atlantic Spaceport Consortium a five-year license to construct and operate the launch base in August 2025.
Private companies, universities, and research institutions can also participate in APRSAF, allowing diverse organizations to discuss solutions to challenges in space development.
APRSAF includes five working groups: the Satellite Utilization Working Group (SAWG), the Space Capacity Building Working Group (SCWG), the Space Education for All Working Group (SE4AWG), the Space Frontier Working Group (SFWG), and the Space Law and Policy Working Group (SPLWG).
A joint statement was released as a result of discussions at APRSAF-31, focusing on four pillars: solving social issues through space technology, expanding the space frontier and promoting space exploration, enhancing space education and workforce development, and fostering international cooperation in space industry, policy, and capacity building.
Working groups conducted discussions and information exchanges on the first two days, followed by plenary sessions reporting on their activities and discussing national space activities on the third and fourth days.