CONAE's Satellite Missions

This paper reports on the Satellite Missions developed or under development at CONAE, the Argentine National Commission on Space Activities, the Argen tine space agency. The planning of satellite missions is a part of the Argentine Space Program , which is the frame for all of CONAE related activities. To accomplish the Program requirements, CONAE has channeled the Activities and Projects in 5 Courses of Actions, Satellite Systems being one of them. A short description of all satellite missions, whether developed or under d evelopment, is presented; as it will be seen, most missions have been plann ed with international partners in joint efforts providing different assembl ies for each one, based on a non-funding interchange cooperation philosophy . (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.