Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA)

The Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial Esteban Terradas (INTA) is Spain's public aerospace research and technology organization under the Ministry of Defence. It develops and operates spacecraft, instruments, test facilities, ground systems, and aeronautical technologies, including Spain's MINISAT and NANOSAT small-satellite programmes. The institute provides research, prototyping, testing, validation, certification and calibration services for companies, universities and public institutions. Its published service catalogue covers large civil and military aero-engine testing, electromagnetic environmental effects, antenna and radar measurements, radiofrequency power testing, space photovoltaic characterisation and radiometric calibration. At El Arenosillo, the CEDEA–CEUS infrastructure supports uncrewed-aircraft development, flight-test campaigns, instrumentation and data acquisition. Other capabilities include atmospheric research and technical services across aeronautical, space, terrestrial and naval systems. Users can search the official services catalogue by knowledge area, technological capability, location and organisational unit to identify a relevant laboratory or test capability.