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CONAE, Argentina

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Argentina space agency

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The “Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales” (CONAE) is the space agency for Argentina. Argentina’s first activities in the space field date back to 1961, when the National Commission for Space Research (Comisión Nacional de Investigaciones Espaciales, CNIE) was first established within the Argentine air forces area. With other local and international organizations, CNIE carried out, by means of rockets and stratospheric balloons, the first Southern Hemisphere scientific atmospheric studies, which included wind measuring and assessment of neutral atmosphere dynamics using the alkaline clouds technique. Together with the Argentine Institute of Aeronautics and Space Research, CNIE designed and constructed a family of one- and two-stage sounding rockets.

In 1991, the Argentine Government decreed the creation of this National Commission for Space Activities as a civil organization. Since 1996, this specialized agency accomplishes its mission...

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  1. CNES/DSP/SME, Vétérinaire/DVM, Astro/Exobiology, 2 place Maurice-Quentin, 75039, Cedex 1, Paris, France

    Michel Viso

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  1. Centro de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Ricardo Amils

  2. Labo. d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux (LAB), Observatoire Aquitain des Sciences de l'Univers (OASU), Floirac CX, France

    Muriel Gargaud

  3. Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), Inst. Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain

    José Cernicharo Quintanilla

  4. Geophysical Lab., Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

    Henderson James Cleaves

  5. Astronomy Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

    William M. Irvine

  6. Dépt. Sc. de la Terre et de l’Atmosphère, Université du Québec, Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Daniele Pinti

  7. Centre National d'Etudes Spatiale (CNES) DPI/E2U, Paris CX, France

    Michel Viso

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Viso, M. (2014). CONAE, Argentina. In: Amils, R., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_1911-2

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