Canary Islands begin to boost space sector despite Agency’s failure

Two reports were prepared for public administrations in 2009 and 2020. now, 13 years and two years later, conclusions and recommendations are presented that are trashed for not adequately considering The Agency’s expectations. But the projects and potential of the Canary Islands continue and it is now in the hands of both the assemblies and the autonomous administration that this work does not sleep the dream of the rightful.

One of the targets proposed by the sector is the creation of a Canary Islands Airport Authority for the control of airspace that is not classified as a national interest, starting from a simple structure and evolving with the initiatives and agreements that have emerged. In this framework, the creation of a body to bring together all researchers and experts in the aerospace sector from the Islands will be encouraged.

Sectors and governments are committed to differentiation, to be unique, to realize the first intercontinental, oceanic or inter-island and inter-island flights. The aim is also to make the Canary Islands a hub for cooperation and information exchange with other Canarian and national initiatives and organisations. One of them will be from 2023 with the Spanish Space Agency based in Seville. For experts, the administrative headquarters of the new government agency will be in the Andalusian capital, but work and research will be carried out in several autonomous communities located among them and in a priority location in the Canary Islands. making

The most urgent and already financed will be stratoport. Fuerteventura, whose first stone was laid in October, is the infrastructure at the Fuerteventura Technology Park that will allow the so-called satellites to be launched to high altitudes over 20 kilometers. Equipped with high-definition technology, it will allow a global vision of life on Earth, from the evolution of biodiversity to the movement of people, emergency prevention and all other aspects. In addition, the new UAV (unmanned devices) control center was introduced, which will facilitate the monitoring of drones and other technologically advanced devices. Initial financing for this stratoport is provided by the Autonomous Community with 8.4 million euros.

Another special project being worked on Place the Canary Islands on the space launch world map is to position itself as one of the development poles of the space industry due to the suitability of its shores to host microsatellite launch platforms. The consulting firm Expotrend Consulting was selected to conduct economic and social analysis by the Canary Islands Ocean Platform (Plocan), a consortium of central and regional governments, and CDTI, the Ministry of Science’s technological research agency. The impact of the project.

latter, Both the public body Enaire and the Navy are collaborating on projects in the Canary Islands to support this new path of development and research. Enaire recently attended the 1st International Aeronautics and Space Congress held on La Gomera, an island that offers significant potential for these launches. Projects that Enaire has led include testing the integration of drones with the rest of air traffic. In the Canary Islands alone, Enaire coordinated 1,185 of the more than 9,200 total operations in Spain through October. The Canary Islands are the second autonomous community after Catalonia (2.006) in the number of managed drone operations, ahead of Madrid (1,174).