Portuguese Space Agency (Portugal Space)

The Portuguese Space Agency (Portugal Space) is Portugal’s national space agency, a government-created nonprofit association implementing the Portugal Space 2030 strategy. It develops the national ecosystem and coordinates cooperation across Earth observation, telecommunications and navigation, space safety, science, exploration, technology and space transportation. Its Portuguese Space Catalogue profiles companies, research institutions, products and capabilities to help national and international users identify partners. The agency publishes calls and funding information and supports practical space engagement through initiatives including the European Rocketry Challenge (EuRoC), Terra em Foco and Astronauta por um Dia. It also provides information on Portuguese space analogue sites and facilities. Its headquarters are in Vila do Porto on Santa Maria Island in the Azores, with a separate Lisbon office.