Agencia Espacial Mexicana

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Mexican Space Agency
Agencia Espacial Mexicana
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Agency overview
AbbreviationAEM
FormedJuly 31, 2010;13 years ago (2010-07-31)
Type Space agency
Jurisdiction Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation
Headquarters Mexico City, Mexico
19°21′39″N99°10′59″W / 19.36083°N 99.18306°W / 19.36083; -99.18306
Official languageSpanish
AdministratorSalvador Landeros Ayala [1]
OwnerMexico
Annual budgetDecrease2.svg $63.6 million MXN [2]
(US$ 3.2 million) (2021)
Website https://www.gob.mx/aem
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The Mexican Space Agency (AEM; Spanish : Agencia Espacial Mexicana) is the national space agency of Mexico, established in July 2010. The agency does not have infrastructure, and aims to promote and coordinate education, research and development of the space-related activities that are performed in the country. [3]

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History

The direct antecedent of the agency is the Comisión Nacional del Espacio Exterior (CONEE) (English: National Commission of Outer Space), an office created by Presidential decree on August 31, 1962, and attached to the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation which conducted experiments in rocketry, telecommunications and atmospheric studies from 1962 to 1976. [4] After its dissolution by Presidential decree, on November 3, 1977, some activities were financed by the extinct Instituto Mexicano de Comunicaciones (Mexican Communications Institute) (transformed into the current Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones), by Satmex - then a state-owned company - and some higher education institutions, such as the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, the Institution Politécnico Nacional, the Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, the Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada and the CINVESTAV. [4]

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Large Millimeter Telescope in Mexico

Presentation at Congress

The bill for the foundation of a formal space agency, was originally conceived by José Luis Garcia and Fernando de la Peña. It was reviewed by Gianfranco Bissiacchi, José Hernández, Rodolfo Neri Vela among others. It was then submitted. [5]

The developers presented a bill to Congress whose main purpose was, according to Fernando de la Peña, promote private investment and facilitate the creation of multinational aerospace companies in the state of Hidalgo. [6]

The agency was approved by the Mexican Chamber of Deputies (208 voted yes, 2 no and 4 absentees) on April 20, 2010 [7] after receiving a significant vote of confidence on April 26, 2006. [8]

Submission to the Senate

There were protests and concerns of some sectors that were displeased at not being consulted before being presented to the Chamber of Deputies for a vote. For this reason, the PRD Senator and president of the Committee on Science and Technology of the Senate, Francisco Javier Castellón Fonseca, requested the organization of forums to identify any concerns and disagreements. Afterwards the 'Grupo Promotor de la Agencia Espacial Mexicana' was created and coordinated by the Academia de Ingeniería (English: Engineering Academy) made a new initiative of law for the Mexican Congress. To this proposal some comments were included, particularly from the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, and the Consejo Consultivo de Ciencias de la Presidencia de la República (Science Advisory Board of the Presidency of the Republic). [9] The new initiative ended up being adopted by the Senate unanimously on November 4, 2008, and returned to the chamber of origin to be turned over to the committees on science and technology, legislative studies second, and budget and public accounts to undergo a second analysis and ballot. [10]

Establishment

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Telescope in Mexico

The law that creates the agency was published by the President Felipe Calderón on July 30, 2010, and came into effect on July 31, 2010. [11] The first governing board was established on 7 September 2010. The board organised a series of forums with space experts to outline a space policy, that was published on 13 July 2011. On 1 November 2011 Francisco Javier Mendieta Jiménez was appointed as Director General. [12]

Activities

The agency is in its early stages of identifying and defining needs and objectives. It is currently holding forums to develop clear goals and strategies in the aerospace industry sector. [13] [14] In 2012, funding was pledged for an educational satellite, [15] but it was not awarded. [16] On 10 December 2017, a stratospheric balloon flight carrying a gondola, Nanoconect-1, was declared the first "satellite" launched by AEM, and from Mexican territory. [17]

In June 2015 [18] AEM signed a launch contract to transport micro-rovers as secondary payloads on Astrobotic Technology's lunar lander called Peregrine, now planned for a 2023 launch. [19] But in 2019, Astrobotics' flight manifest shows that AEM will now fly an instrument, not rovers. [20]

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References

  1. ↑ "Salvador Landeros Ayala es el nuevo director de la Agencia Espacial Mexicana" [Salvador Landeros Ayala is the new director of the Mexican Space Agency]. Aristegui Noticias (in Spanish). 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "Federal Spending Budget 2021" . Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Ciencia y Tecnología". Agencia Espacial Mexicana (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  4. 1 2 Gall, Ruth (1987). "Las Actividades Espaciales en Mexico" (in Spanish). ISBN   9789681624590.
  5. ↑ "Jiménez urge votos para Manjarrez" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-24.
  6. ↑ "Agencia Espacial Mexicana, una realidad" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
  7. ↑ Arvizu, Juan. "Crean diputados Agencia Espacial Mexicana". El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
  8. ↑ Héctor Guerrero. "Tendrá México su agencia espacial" (in Spanish). Noticieros Televisa. Archived from the original on 2008-01-09.
  9. ↑ "Una Agencia Espacial Mexicana" (in Spanish). Proceso. 28 October 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "Aprueba Senado Ley para Agencia Espacial Mexicana" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2015-05-01. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  11. ↑ "Decreto por el que se expide la Ley que crea la Agencia Espacial Mexicana". Diario Oficial de la Federación (in Spanish). Diario Oficial de la Federación, Secretaría de Gobernación. July 30, 2010. Archived from the original on 6 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
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  13. ↑ Desarrollo Industrial Archived 2016-03-29 at the Wayback Machine . AEM. 2016.
  14. ↑ "Puerto Vallarta Will Host Mexico's Space Agency Forum". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15.
  15. ↑ "Mexican congressman gets funding for educational satellite". Fox News Latino. Archived from the original on 2015-05-19.
  16. ↑ "Cuenta de la Hacienda Pública Federal 2010". Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público. 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2012. El Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología tuvo un subejercicio que incluye el recurso presupuestado para la Agencia Espacial Mexicana (AEM)
  17. ↑ Lanzamiento de primer nanosatélite en Hidalgo, "Nanoconect 1", muestra de la innovación del fondo. (in Spanish). AEM. Published 11 December 2017.
  18. ↑ Mexico Buys A Ride To The Moon. Frank Morring, Jr. Aviation Week. 10 June 2015.
  19. ↑ This tiny rover will test how well small mobile robots can survive on the Moon. Loren Grush, The Verge. 5 June 2019.
  20. ↑ Mission One Manifest - Astrobotic. Accessed on 15 September 2019. Quote: "Agencia Espacial Mexicana (AEM), Mexican Space Agency will fly the first Latin American Scientific Instrument to the surface of the Moon."
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