The Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency (EXA; es, Agencia Espacial Civil Ecuatoriana) is a private Ecuadorian organization founded in 2007 that conducts research on space and planetary sciences. It is a non-profit

non-governmental organization A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see American and British English spelling differences#-ise, -ize (-isation, -ization), spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from g ...

with civilian oversight. EXA had tested microgravity via parabolic flight with the

Ecuadorian Air Force The Ecuadorian Air Force ( es, Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana, FAE) is the Air arm of the Military of Ecuador and responsible for the protection of the Ecuadorian airspace. Mission To develop the military air wing, in order to execute institutional ...

. EXA launched Ecuador's first satellite, the

CubeSat A CubeSat is a class of miniaturized satellite based around a form factor consisting of cubes. CubeSats have a mass of no more than per unit, and often use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components for their electronics and structure. CubeSats ...

NEE-01 ''Pegaso'', in April 2013 aboard a Chinese

Long March 2D The Long March 2D (), also known as the Chang Zheng 2D, CZ-2D and LM-2D, is a Chinese two-stage orbital carrier rocket mainly used for launching LEO and SSO satellites. It is manufactured by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology ( ...

. Its second satellite, the follow-on CubeSat NEE-02 ''Krysaor'', was launched from Russia aboard a Dnepr rocket in November 2013.

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* (in English) {{authority control Non-profit organisations based in Ecuador Research institutes in Ecuador Space organizations