Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency

Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency
Agencia Espacial Civil Ecuatoriana
Agency overview
Formed	November 1, 2007
Type	Space agency
Headquarters	Guayaquil, Ecuador
Motto	Ex Sominus Ad Astra
Administrator	Tyler Kauker (2017-2019) Michael W. Gerbasio III (2019-2019) Tyler Kauker (2020-Present)
Owner	Ecuador
Website	EXA.ec

The Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency (EXA; Spanish: Agencia Espacial Civil Ecuatoriana) is a private Ecuadorian organization founded in 2007 that conducts research on space and planetary sciences. It is a non-profit non-governmental organization with civilian oversight.

EXA had tested microgravity via parabolic flight with the Ecuadorian Air Force. EXA launched Ecuador's first satellite, the CubeSat NEE-01 Pegaso, in April 2013 aboard a Chinese Long March 2D.^[1]^[2] Its second satellite, the follow-on CubeSat NEE-02 Krysaor, was launched from Russia aboard a Dnepr rocket in November 2013.^[3]

Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).

^ Cite error: The named reference wireduk20130426 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference sfn20130426 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference nasasf20131121 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[wireduk20130426-2] Cite error: The named reference wireduk20130426 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[sfn20130426-3] Cite error: The named reference sfn20130426 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[nasasf20131121-4] Cite error: The named reference nasasf20131121 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[a]

[1]

[2]

[3]

Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · View on Wikipedia