Coetus Astrum

Coetus Astrum

Union Australis Space Agency
Abbreviation	CA
Formation	1679 AN
Members	Caradia  Cira

The Coetus Astrum (lit. "Star Group") is the space agency of the Union Australis, being a joint agency between the Confederate Agency for Space Exploration, of the Ciric Confederacy, and the Southern Space Initiative of Caradia.

Background

While the Southern Space Initiative was never a particularly strong or important space agency, it was nonetheless subsumed into the Coetus Astrum by the Confederate Agency for Space Exploration, officially due to an effort to tighten the alliance between Caradia and the confederacy further, but in reality it was because the confederate agency was short staffed, and was in need of less trained employees, which it sought in Caradia. The agency exists primarily to further the ambitions of the confederacy before the alliance was founded.

Programs

Mission	Type	Start date	End date	Status	Notes
Atmospheric Meteorological Survey	unmanned (satellite)	7.XIV.1679 AN		Active	A series of satellites launched into orbit to monitor the weather patterns of Micras, particularly at the equator.

Current Research Programs

Project	Type	Start date	End date	Status	Notes
Atos Weapons Platform	Military	13.XI.1679 AN		Active	A study started by the Confederate Agency for Space Exploration and continued by the Coetus Astrum, the Atos Weapons Platform is a joint research project with the Ciric armed forces to design a possible satellite containing weapons that could be deployed from orbit.