Overview
- Peru’s executive branch published the law on Friday, March 27, making the creation of a spaceport a matter of national interest and public need.
- The law assigns the Ministry of Defense to coordinate next steps, which now shift to technical reviews, planning, and regulatory work.
- Congress backed the measure in March with wide majorities, recording 76 votes in favor in a first vote on March 12 and 78 in a second vote on March 19.
- The initiative began on October 1 under then-president Dina Boluarte, whose proposal argued the project would boost security, technological autonomy, research, and jobs.
- The text sets no location, schedule, or funding and does not authorize construction, and outlets split attention between the legislative path and rationale (RPP) and the global, complex nature of spaceports and regional equatorial advantages (Perú21).