Organization:Hellenic Space Agency

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Short description: Defunct national space agency of Greece
Hellenic Space Agency
Ελληνικός Διαστημικός Οργανισμός
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Agency overview
FormedMarch 19, 2018 (2018-03-19) (Replaced by Hellenic Space Centre August 9, 2019 (2019-08-09))
Headquarters11, Fragoudi str. and Al. Pantou,11, 10163 Kallithéa, Greece
Agency executives
  • Christodoulos Protopappas, President
  • Georgios Mantzouris, CEO
Parent departmentMinistry of Digital Governance
Websitehttps://www.hellenicspaceagency.gov.gr/

The Hellenic Space Agency (Greek: Ελληνικός Διαστημικός Οργανισμός), abbreviated as the HSA (Greek: ΕΛΔΟ, ELDO), was the national space agency of Greece. It was founded at 19 March 2018 as a public limited company by the Ministry of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media.[1][2] On August 9, 2019, it was replaced by the Hellenic Space Center (el) (Greek: Ελληνικό Κέντρο Διαστήματος).[3]

Purpose

Its purpose was to shape the country's space strategy, to promote the participation of Greece in space programs, and to participate in space events.[1]

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