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Venezuela
Nascent native capability
A sourced snapshot of Venezuela'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 Venezuela in the interactive workspace →Capability tier
Nascent native capability
Launches to orbit from its own territory: noLaunch sites on record: 0Nationals who have flown: 0
Space agency
Agencia Bolivariana para Actividades Espaciales (ABAE)
National space agency · established 2007 · two-source verified
Satellites (owner state)
3
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
Space budget
No published space budget indexed for this country.
National strategy
Ley de la Agencia Bolivariana para Actividades Espaciales + Agenda Economica Bolivariana (Motor 13) (2007)
Space policy executed by ABAE under the founding law and embedded in the Bolivarian Economic Agenda telecoms motor
International space law
| Instrument | Status |
|---|---|
| Outer Space Treaty 1967 | Ratified |
| Rescue Agreement 1968 | Signed only |
| Liability Convention 1972 | Ratified |
| Registration Convention 1975 | Ratified |
| Moon Agreement 1979 | Ratified |
| Artemis Accords 2020 | Not a signatory |
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
- 2007Agencia Bolivariana para Actividades Espaciales (ABAE) established
Notable missions and contributions
- VRSS-1 "Francisco de Miranda" (Earth observation, 2012)
- VRSS-2 "Antonio José de Sucre" (2017)
- Venesat-1 "Simón Bolívar" (SatCom, defunct)