Space
Gabon
Space agency/agencies
Gabonese Studies and Space Observations Agency (Agence Gabonaise d’Etudes et d’Observations Spatiales or AGEOS; founded in 2015) (2025)
Space program overview
operates a modest space initiative aimed at utilizing information from remote sensing (RS) satellites for the purposes of environmental and natural resource management, mapping, land-use planning, maritime monitoring, and scientific research; is affiliated with the African Space Agency; maintains partnerships with Brazil, China, the European Space Agency (ESA), various ESA member nations (notably France), and the United States, as well as other African nations including Kenya, Niger, Rwanda, and South Africa; provides RS satellite data to neighboring countries (2025)
Key space-program milestones
1986 - The ESA set up a ground station in Gabon
2018 - Successfully completed the mapping of Gabon’s forests
2019 - Became a founding member of the Space Climate Observatory
2021 - Initiated the acquisition process for its inaugural satellite in a collaborative project with Japan, named BIRDs
2025 - Joined the newly established African Space Agency