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Astronautics
on Earth registered as Asgardians, rising to above
500,000 registrations in the first 20 days.
So many registered that Asgardia stopped
taking in new applications and switched to a
second level of verification which excluded
minors who registered without the permission
of their parents, duplicate applications, those
who did not provide additional information, and
various ‘bots’.
After removing ineligible candidates, more
than 200,000 Asgardians from all over the world
remained. All endorsed candidates provided their
personal data and received personal certificates
of Asgardia, allowing them to vote in order to
approve the constitution developed by lawyers.
Prof Ram Jakhu, Director of the Aerospace
Law School at McGill University in Montreal,
Canada, who was on the press conference
panel, said: “Law is necessary for certainty
Asgardia-1 will
primarily be a data
storage satellite. It is
scheduled for launch
into orbit this autumn
by an Orbital ATK
Antares rocket carrying
the ninth Cygnus cargo
freighter, which will be
on its eighth operational
cargo delivery flight to
the International Space
Station.
NASA/Bill Inglis
The nanosatellite will be a
marker for the nation and
become the foundation stone of
a permanent presence in space
Landmarks of Asgardia’s first eight months
• Asgardia registered as non-governmental, non-profit organisation in Vienna,
a prototype of the future state where officials will begin work in 2018.
• The entity will be the legal owner of all Asgardia property and this will remain
the case until Asgardia becomes a UN recognised nation. Immediately after
that all the NGO Asgardia property will be transferred to the state of Asgardia.
• Vienna selected because Austria is a neutral state and does not belong to a
military political alliance, it is the location of the UN branch responsible for
Space matters, and is the base of the Aerospace International Research Centre
(AIRC) founded by Dr Ashurbeyli as the initial stage in the launch of Asgardia.
• Asgardia’s national calendar approved and first three national holidays (in
Gregorian calendar 12 October - the Birthday of Asgardia; the 31 December -
Year Day; and 18 June - Asgardia National Unity Day) installed.
• The Asgardia trademark is registered in the appropriate classes in Europe
and the USA, and in other countries. Work is on-going.
• A joint stock company Asgardia AG has been registered in Vienna and,
subject to certain conditions, any Asgardian can become a shareholder. The
main goal of the company is to collect, analyse and fund any ideas and start-
ups in the space technology development domain for the benefit of Asgardia
- the country of space ideas; and for the benefit of all humankind.
• New updated
website launched on 13 June.
