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Revision as of 17:26, 14 November 2009
This is a list of government agencies engaged in activities related to outer space and space exploration.
The name given is the English version, with the native language version below. The acronym given is the most common acronym: this can either be the acronym of the English version (e.g. JAXA), or the acronym in the native language. Where there are multiple acronyms in common use, the English one is given first.
The date of the founding of the space agency is the date of first operations where possible. If the space agency is no longer running, then the date when it was terminated (i.e. the last day of operations) is given. A link to the Agency's primary website is also given.
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The capabilities of the space agencies are color-coded as follows:
List of space agencies
Space agency | Country | Founded | Terminated | Capabilities of the space agency | Ref(s) | ||||
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Name | Acronym | Astronauts | Operates Satellites | Sounding Rockets capable | Recoverable Biological Sounding Rockets capable | ||||
Aeronautics and Space Research and Diffusion Center (Spanish: Centro de Investigación y Difusión Aeronáutico-Espacial) |
CIDA-E | Uruguay | 5 August 1975 | — | No | No | No | No | — |
French: Agence Spatiale Algérienne Berber: Tafullut Tadzayrit n Tallunt Arabic: الوكالة الفضائية الجزائرية (Algerian Space Agency) |
ASAL | Algeria | 16 January 2002 | — | No | Yes | No | No | — |
Asia Pacific Multilateral Cooperation in Space Technology and Applications (Chinese: 亚太空间技术应用多边合作会议) |
AP-MCSTA | February 1992 | — | No | Yes | No | No | — | |
Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (Japanese: アジア太平洋地域宇宙機関会議) |
APRSAF | 1993 | — | No | Yes | No | No | — | |
Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (Chinese: 亚太空间合作组织) |
APSCO | 28 October 2005 | — | No | Yes | No | No | — | |
German: Agentur für Luft- und Raumfahrt (Aeronautics and Space Agency; also Austrian Space Agency; (Austrian Solar and Space Agency 1977–1987) |
ALR | Austria | 12 July 1972 | — | No | No | No | No | [1][2] |
Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Milli Aerokosmik Agentliyinin (Azerbaijan National Aerospace Agency) |
AMAKA | Azerbaijan | 21 February 1992 | — | No | No | No | No | — |
Dutch: Belgisch Instituut voor Ruimte-Aëronomie French: Institut d’Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique (Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy) |
BIRA IASB BISA |
Belgium | 25 November 1964 | — | No | No | No | No | [3] |
Spanish: Agencia Bolivariana para Actividades Espaciales (Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities) |
ABAE | Venezuela | 1 January 2008 | — | No | Yes | No | No | [4] |
Portuguese: Agência Espacial Brasileira (Brazilian Space Agency) |
AEB | Brazil | 10 February 1994 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [5] |
British National Space Centre | BNSC | United Kingdom | 20 November 1985 | — | No | Yes | Yes | No | [citation needed] |
Bulgarian: Българска академия на науките; Институт за космически изследвания (Space Research Institute; Bulgarian Aerospace Agency) |
ИКИ-БАН SRI-BAS |
Bulgaria | 1987 | — | Yes | Yes | No | No | [6] |
Canadian Space Agency French: Agence spatiale canadienne |
CSA ASC |
Canada | 1 March 1989 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [7] |
China National Space Administration (Chinese: 中华人民共和国国家航天局) |
CNSA | People's Republic of China | 22 April 1993 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [8] |
Spanish: Comisión Colombiana del Espacio (Colombian Space Commission) |
CCE | Colombia | 18 July 2006 | — | No | Yes | No | No | [9] |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | CSIRO | Australia | 1926 | — | No | Yes | No | No | [10] |
Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems | CCSDS |
International Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) |
1982 | — | No | No | No | No | — |
Committee on Space Research | COSPAR |
International Argentina |
1958 | — | No | No | No | No | [11][11][11] |
Czech: Česká kosmická kancelář (Czech Space Office) |
ČKK CSO |
Czech Republic | November 2003 | — | No | No | No | No | [12] |
Danish: Danmarks Rumcenter (Danish National Space Center) |
DRC DNSC |
Denmark | 1 January 1968 | 31 December 2006 | Yes | No | No | No | [citation needed] |
Danish: Dansk Rumforskningsinstitut (Danish Space Research Institute) |
DRKI DSRI |
Denmark | 1 January 2005 | 31 December 2006 | No | No | No | No | [citation needed] |
Danish: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet - Institut for Rumforskning og -teknologi (Technical University of Denmark - National Space Institut) |
DTU Space | Denmark | 1 January 2006 | — | Yes | No | No | No | [13] |
European Space Agency (French: Agence spatiale européenne) (German: Europäische Weltraumorganisation) |
ESA ASE EWO |
31 May 1975 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [14][15] | |
Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency (Spanish: Agencia Espacial Civil Ecuatoriana) |
EXA | Ecuador | 1 November 2007 | — | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | [citation needed] |
Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Thai: สำนักงานพัฒนาเทคโนโลยีอวกาศและภูมิสารสนเทศ) |
GISTDA สทอภ |
Thailand | 2 November 2002 | — | No | Yes | No | No | [citation needed] |
German: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Center) |
DLR | Germany | 1969 | — | No | Yes | No | No | [16] |
Hungarian: Magyar Űrkutatási Iroda (Hungarian Space Office) |
MŰI HSO |
Hungary | January 1992 | — | No | No | No | No | [citation needed] |
Indian Space Research Organization (Hindi: भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन) |
ISRO इसरो |
India | August 15, 1969 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [16] |
Greek: Ινστιτούτο Διαστημικών Εφαρμογών και Τηλεπισκόπησης (Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing) |
ΙΔΕΤ ISARS |
Greece | 1955 | — | No | Yes | No | No | [citation needed] |
Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial | INTA | Spain | 1942 | — | No | Yes | Yes | No | [citation needed] |
Iranian Space Agency (Persian: سازمان فضایی ایران) |
ISA | Iran | 2004 | — | No | Yes | Yes | No | [citation needed] |
Israeli Space Agency (Hebrew: סוכנות החלל הישראלית) (Arabic: وكالة الفضاء الإسرائيلية) |
ISA סל"ה |
Israel | April 1983 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [citation needed] |
Italian Space Agency (Italian: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana) |
ASI | Italy | 1988 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [citation needed] |
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japanese: 宇宙航空研究開発機構) |
JAXA | Japan | 1 October 2003 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [17] |
Kazakh Space Research Institute | SRI | Kazakhstan | 1991 | — | No | No | No | No | — |
Korean Committee of Space Technology (Korean: 조선우주공간기술위원회) |
KCST | North Korea | 2009? | — | No | No | Yes | No | [18] |
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (Korean: 한국항공우주연구원) |
KARI | South Korea | 10 October 1989 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [citation needed] |
Malaysian National Space Agency (Malay: Agensi Angkasa Negara) |
ANGKASA | Malaysia | 2002 | — | Yes | Yes | No | No | [19] |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA | United States | 1 October 1958 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [20] |
National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (Arabic: الهيئة العامة للاستشعار عن بعد وعلوم الفضاء) |
NARRS | Egypt | 1994 | — | No | Yes | No | No | [21] |
French: Centre National d’Études Spatiales (National Center of Space Research]]) |
CNES | France | 19 December 1961 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [22] |
Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Aeroespacial (National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development) |
CONIDA | Peru | 11 June 1974 | — | No | No | Yes | No | — |
Spanish: Comisión Nacional del Espacio Exterior (National Commission for Outer Space) |
CONEE | Mexico | 1962 | 1977 | No | Yes | No | No | — |
Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Investigaciones Espaciales (National Commission for Space Research) |
CNIE | Argentina | 1961 | 1991 | No | No | Yes | Yes | [23][24] |
Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (National Space Activities Commission) |
CONAE | Argentina | 28 May 1991 | — | No | Yes | Yes | No | [23] |
Indonesian: Lembaga Antariksa dan Penerbangan Nasional (National Institute of Aeronautics and Space) |
LAPAN | Indonesia | 27 November 1964 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [citation needed] |
National Remote Sensing Center of Mongolia | NRSC | Mongolia | 1987 | — | No | No | No | No | [25] |
French: Centre national de télédétection (Arabic: المركز الوطني للإستشعار عن بعد) (National Remote Sensing Center of Tunisia) |
CNT | Tunisia | 1988 | — | No | No | No | No | — |
Ukrainian: Національне космічне агентство України (National Space Agency of Ukraine) |
НКАУ NSAU |
Ukraine | 2 March 1992 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [5] |
National Space Organization (Chinese: 國家太空中心) |
NSPO | Republic of China (Taiwan) | October 1991 | — | No | Yes | Yes | No | [26] |
National Space Research and Development Agency | NASRDA | Nigeria | 1998 | — | No | Yes | No | No | [citation needed] |
Dutch: Stichting Ruimteonderzoek Nederland (Netherlands Institute for Space Research) |
SRON | Netherlands | 1983 | — | No | No | No | No | [citation needed] |
Norwegian: Norsk Romsenter (Norwegian Space Centre) |
NRS NSC |
Norway | 1987 | — | No | Yes | Yes | No | [27] |
Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Urdu: پاکستان خلائی و بالا فضائی تحقیقاتی کمیشن) |
SUPARCO سپارکو |
Pakistan | 16 September 1961 | — | No | Yes | Yes | No | [citation needed] |
Portuguese: Companhia Espacial Portuguesa (Portuguese Space Company) |
CEP PSC |
Portugal | 1989 | — | No | No | No | No | [citation needed] |
Romanian: Agenţia Spaţială Română (Romanian Space Agency) |
ASR ROSA |
Romania | 1991 | — | No | No | No | No | [citation needed] |
former Egypt Remote Sensing Center | EASRT-RSC | Egypt | 1971 | 1994 | No | No | No | No | [21] |
French: Centre Royal de Télédétection Spatiale Berber: Ammas Amrrukan n Tallunt (Arabic: المركز الملكي للإستشعار البعدي الفضائي) (Royal Centre for Remote Sensing) |
CRTS | Morocco | December 1989 | — | No | No | No | No | — |
Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство (Russian Federal Space Agency) |
РФКА (Roscosmos) RFSA |
Russia | c.1992 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [citation needed] |
Turkish: Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) |
TÜBİTAK | Turkey | 1991 | — | No | Yes | No | No | — |
Russian: Советская космическая программа (Soviet space program) |
СССР | Soviet Union | ca. 1955 | ca. 1991 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [citation needed] |
Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization | SPARRSO | Bangladesh | 1980 | — | No | No | No | No | [28] |
Polish: Centrum Badań Kosmicznych PAN (Space Research Centre) |
CBK-PAN SRC |
Poland | 1977 | — | No | Yes | No | No | [citation needed] |
Space Research Institute of Saudi Arabia (Arabic: معهد بحوث الفضاء) |
KACST-SRI | Saudi Arabia | — | — | No | Yes | No | No | — |
Vietnamese: Viện Công nghệ vũ trụ (Space Technonogy Institute) |
CNVT VAST-STI |
Vietnam | 20 November 2006 | — | No | Yes | No | No | [29] |
Swedish: Rymdstyrelsen (Swedish National Space Board) |
SNSB | Sweden | 1972 | — | No | Yes | Yes | No | [citation needed] |
Swiss Space Office | SSO | Switzerland | — | — | No | No | No | No | [citation needed] |
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs | UNOOSA | United Nations | 13 December 1958 | — | — | — | — | — | [30] |
United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space | UNCOPUOS |
Albania |
12 December 1959 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
List of space agencies with launch capability
Space agency | Country | Founded | Terminated | Capabilities of the space agency | Ref(s) | ||||
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Name | Acronym | Launch capable | Multiple Satellites Launch capable | Operates Extraterrestrial Probe | Recoverable Satellites capable | ||||
China National Space Administration (Chinese: 中华人民共和国国家航天局) |
CNSA | People's Republic of China | 22 April 1993 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [8] |
European Space Agency (French: Agence spatiale européenne) (German: Europäische Weltraumorganisation) |
ESA ASE EWO |
31 May 1975 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [14][15] | |
Iranian Space Agency (Persian: سازمان فضایی ایران) |
ISA | Iran | 2004 | — | Yes | No | No | No | [citation needed] |
Israeli Space Agency (Hebrew: סוכנות החלל הישראלית) (Arabic: وكالة الفضاء الإسرائيلية) |
ISA סל"ה |
Israel | April 1983 | — | Yes | No | No | No | [citation needed] |
Indian Space Research Organization (Hindi: भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन) |
ISRO इसरो |
India | 15 August 1969 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [31] |
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japanese: 宇宙航空研究開発機構) |
JAXA | Japan | 1 October 2003 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [17] |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA | United States | 1 October 1958 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [20] |
French: Centre National d’Études Spatiales (National Center of Space Research) |
CNES | France | 19 December 1961 | — | Yes | No | No | No | [22] |
Ukrainian: Національне космічне агентство України (National Space Agency of Ukraine) |
НКАУ NSAU |
Ukraine | 2 March 1992 | — | Yes | Yes | No | No | [citation needed] |
Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство (Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)) |
РФКА RFSA |
Russia | ca. 1992 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [citation needed] |
Russian: Советская космическая программа (Soviet space program) |
СССР | Soviet Union | ca. 1955 | ca. 1991 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [citation needed] |
List of space agencies with manned spaceflight capability
Space agency | Country | Founded | Terminated | Capabilities of the space agency | Ref(s) | ||||
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Name | Acronym | Manned Spaceflight capable | Spacewalk capable | Space Rendezvous and Docking capable | Operates Space Station | ||||
China National Space Administration (Chinese: 中华人民共和国国家航天局) |
CNSA | People's Republic of China | 22 April 1993 | — | Yes | Yes | No | No | [8] |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA | United States | 1 October 1958 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [20] |
Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство (Russian Federal Space Agency) |
РФКА RFSA |
Russia | ca. 1992 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [citation needed] |
Russian: Советская космическая программа (Soviet space program) |
СССР | Soviet Union | ca. 1955 | ca. 1991 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [citation needed] |
List of space agencies with lunar landing capability
Space agency | Country | Founded | Terminated | Capabilities of the space agency | Ref(s) | ||||
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Name | Acronym | Unmanned Moon Landing capable | Circumlunar Manned Spaceflight capable | Manned Moon Landing capable | Operates Moon Base | ||||
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA | United States | 1 October 1958 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [20] |
Russian: Советская космическая программа (Soviet space program) |
СССР | Soviet Union | ca. 1955 | ca. 1991 | Yes | No | No | No | [citation needed] |
Expected future space agencies
Space agency | Country | Possible expected date of foundation | Current status | Ref(s) | |
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Name | Acronym | ||||
Croatia | Unknown | Croatia | 2010 | Current goal is to construct and launch a satellite into Earth orbit by 2013-2014. Launch would be done by another space agency. | [32] |
Mexican Space Agency (Spanish: Agencia Espacial Mexicana) |
AEXA or AEM |
Mexico | 2009 | Pending confirmation vote in the Chamber of Deputies and an eventual proclamation by the President. | [33] |
South African National Space Agency | SANSA | South Africa | 2009 | Bill signed by the President | [34] |
Vietnam Space Commission | VNSC | Vietnam | — | — | [35] |
Highest budget space agencies
This article needs additional citations for verification. (July 2009) |
[verification needed][dubious – discuss]
The budgets listed are the official budgets from the different space agencies' homepages. The budget is not normalized to the expenses of space research in each country/region, i.e. higher budget does not mean more activity or better performance in space exploration.[36][37]
Country | Agency United States dollar | Budget (USD) |
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United States | NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) | $17 600 million[38] |
ESA (European Space Agency) | $5 350 million [39] | |
France | CNES (French Space Agency) | $2 590 million [40] |
Russia | RKA (Russian Federal Space Agency) | $2 215 million |
Japan | JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) | $2 100 million |
Germany | DLR (German Aerospace Center) | $1 821 million |
Italy | ASI (Italian Space Agency) | $1 550 million |
China | CNSA (China National Space Administration) | $1 300 million[41] |
India | ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) | $1 010 million[42] |
United Kingdom | BNSC (British National Space Centre) | $414 million |
Iran | ISA (Iranian Space Agency) | $400 million |
Brazil | AEB (Brazilian Space Agency) | $343 million |
Canada | CSA (Canadian Space Agency) | $321 million |
Ukraine | NSAU (National Space Agency of Ukraine) | $250 million |
Belgium | BISA (Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy) | $230 million |
Spain | INTA (Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial) | $175 million |
Netherlands | SRON (Netherlands Institute for Space Research) | $160 million |
South Korea | KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute) | $150 million |
Switzerland | SSO (Swiss Space Office) | $110 million |
Sweden | SNSB (Swedish National Space Board) | $100 million |
Template:Country data World Entire World | All space agencies (Total of listed budgets) | $44 400 million |
World maps
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Countries with Extraterrestrial Probes
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Countries with Sounding Rockets
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