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Uruguay
Active satellite user
A sourced snapshot of Uruguay's posture in space — capability, institutions, orbital assets, law and people. Every figure carries its primary source; gaps are shown honestly, never filled with invented data.
Open Uruguay in the interactive workspace →Capability tier
Active satellite user
Launches to orbit from its own territory: noLaunch sites on record: 0Nationals who have flown: 0
Space agency
Centro de Investigación y Difusión Aeronáutico-Espacial (CIDA-E) / ANTEL
National space agency · established 1975
Source: Centro de Investigación y Difusión Aeronáutico Espacial (CIDA)
Satellites (owner state)
20
Counted from the GCAT May 2026 snapshot. The interactive workspace shows a live CelesTrak figure, which uses different owner-attribution rules and will differ.
Source: GCAT · General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (J. McDowell) · May 2026 snapshot
Ground stations
No principal ground stations indexed for this country yet.
Source: ALL IN SPACE curated ground-station dataset (operator-sourced)
Space budget
No published space budget indexed for this country.
National strategy
Comite de Politica Espacial Nacional (Decreto 2022) (2022)
Interministerial committee created to draft national space policy; no standalone strategy published yet
International space law
| Instrument | Status |
|---|---|
| Outer Space Treaty 1967 | Ratified |
| Rescue Agreement 1968 | Ratified |
| Liability Convention 1972 | Ratified |
| Registration Convention 1975 | Ratified |
| Moon Agreement 1979 | Ratified |
| Artemis Accords 2020 | Signatory (2024-02-15) |
Source: Status of international agreements relating to activities in outer space (1 January 2026)
Launch sites
No launch infrastructure.
Source: National launch site roster · ALL IN SPACE compilation
Astronauts
No nationals have flown in space on record.
Milestones
- 1975Centro de Investigación y Difusión Aeronáutico-Espacial (CIDA-E) / ANTEL established
Notable missions and contributions
- AntelSat (CubeSat, 2014)