List of government space agencies
This is a list of government agencies engaged in activities related to outer space and space exploration. (There is also a List of private spaceflight companies.)
As of 2018, 72 different government space agencies are in existence; 14 of those have launch capability. Six government space agencies - the China National Space Administration (CNSA), the European Space Agency (ESA), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Russian Federal Space Agency (RFSA or Roscosmos) have full launch capabilities; these include the ability to launch and recover multiple satellites, deploy cryogenic rocket engines and operate extraterrestrial probes. Only two currently operating government space agencies in the world - RFSA and the CNSA are capable of human spaceflight as of 2018.
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 applicable. 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.
List of space agencies
- The capabilities of the space agencies are color-coded as follows
Human Lunar Exploration + Operates Space Station + Human Spaceflight + Operates Extraterrestrial Probes + Launch Capability + Operates Satellites
Station + Human Spaceflight + Operates Extraterrestrial Probes + Launch Capability + Operates Satellites
Human spaceflight + Operates Extraterrestrial Probes + Launch Capability + Operates Satellites
Operates Extraterrestrial Probes + Launch Capability + Operates Satellites
Launch Capability + Operates Satellites
None Of The Above
| Name | Initialisms/Acronym | Country | Founded | Terminated | Capabilities of the space agency | Ref(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astronauts | Operates Satellites | Sounding Rockets capable | Recoverable Biological Sounding Rockets capable | ||||||
| Air Force Space Command | AFSPC |  United States
|
15 September 1985 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [1][2][3] |
| Belarus Space Agency | BSA |  Belarus
|
2010 | — | No | No | Yes | No | [4] |
| Central American Association for Aeronautics and Space (Spanish: Asociación Centroamericana de Aeronáutica y el Espacio) |
ACAE |  Costa Rica
|
2010 | — | No | Yes | No | No | [5] |
| Aeronautics and Space Research and Diffusion Center[citation needed] (Spanish: Centro de Investigación y Difusión Aeronáutico-Espacial) |
CIDA-E |  Uruguay
|
5 August 1975 | — | No | No | No | No | — |
| Mexican Space Agency (Spanish: Agencia Espacial Mexicana) |
AEM |  Mexico
|
30 July 2010 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | — |
| Algerian Space Agency French: Agence Spatiale Algérienne Berber: Tafullut Tadzayrit n Tallunt Arabic: الوكالة الفضائية الجزائرية |
ASAL |  Algeria
|
16 January 2002 | — | No | Yes | No | No | — |
| Asia Pacific Multilateral Cooperation in Space Technology and Applications[citation needed] (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 | [6][7] |
| Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Milli Aerokosmik Agentliyinin (Azerbaijan National Aerospace Agency) (Azerbaijan National Aerospace Agency 1974–2013 AzerCosmos[8]) |
AMAKA |  Azerbaijan
|
21 February 1974 | — | No | Yes | No | No | — |
| Bahrain’s National Space Science Agency (NSSA) |
NSSA |  Bahrain
|
9 April 2014 | — | No | No | No | No | [9] |
| 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 | — | Yes | No | No | No | [10] |
| Spanish: Agencia Bolivariana para Actividades Espaciales (Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities) |
ABAE |  Venezuela
|
1 January 2008 | — | No | Yes | No | No | [11] |
| Portuguese: Agência Espacial Brasileira (Brazilian Space Agency) |
AEB |  Brazil
|
10 February 1994 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes[12] | No | [13] |
| UK Space Agency | UKSA |  United Kingdom
|
1 April 2010 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [citation needed] |
| Bolivian Space Agency Spanish: Agencia Boliviana Espacial |
ABE |  Bolivia
|
2012 | — | No | Yes | No | No | [14][15][16] |
| Bulgarian: Българска академия на науките (Space Research Institute, Solar-Terrestrial Influences Institute) Bulgarian Space Agency |
ИКИ-БАН SRI-BAS ИСЗВ-БАН STIL-BAS |
 Bulgaria
|
1987 | — | Yes | Yes | No | No | [17] |
| Canadian Space Agency French: Agence spatiale canadienne |
CSA ASC |
 Canada
|
1 March 1989 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [18] |
| China National Space Administration (Chinese: 国家航天局) |
CNSA |  China
|
22 April 1993 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [19] |
| Spanish: Comisión Colombiana del Espacio (Colombian Space Commission) |
CCE |  Colombia
|
18 July 2006 | — | No | No | No | No | [20] |
| Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing[citation needed] | CRISP |  Singapore
|
1995 | — | No | Yes | No | No | |
| Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems | CCSDS |
International  Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) British National Space Centre (BNSC) Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES) China National Space Administration (CNSA) Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR) European Space Agency (ESA) Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Russian Federal Space Agency (RFSA) |
1982 | — | No | No | No | No | — |
| Committee on Space Research | COSPAR |
International  Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Belgium Bulgaria Brazil Canada China Republic of China (Taiwan) Czech Republic Denmark Egypt Finland France Germany Greece Hungary India Indonesia Iran Israel Italy Japan Mexico Netherlands Nigeria Norway Pakistan Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States European Space Agency UNESCO |
1958 | — | No | No | No | No | [21][22][23] |
| Czech: Ministerstvo dopravy České republiky (Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic - Space Technologies and Satellite Systems Department[citation needed][24]) |
[1] Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic |
Czech Republic
|
2003[citation needed] | — | No | No | No | No | [24] |
| 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[permanent dead link] DSRI |
Denmark
|
1 January 2005 |
31 December 2006 |
No | Yes | No | No | [citation needed] |
| European Space Agency (French: Agence spatiale européenne) (German: Europäische Weltraumorganisation) |
ESA ASE EWO |
31 May 1975 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [25][26] | |
| Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Thai: สำนักงานพัฒนาเทคโนโลยีอวกาศและภูมิสารสนเทศ) |
GISTDA สทอภ |
Thailand
|
3 November 2002 | — | No | Yes | No | No | [27] |
| German: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Center) |
DLR | Germany
|
1969 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [28] |
| Hungarian: Magyar Űrkutatási Iroda (Hungarian Space Office) |
MŰI HSO |
Hungary
|
January 1992 | — | No | Yes | No | No | |
| Indian Space Research Organisation (Hindi: भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन) |
ISRO इसरो |
India
|
15 August 1969 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [29] |
| 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 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [30][31][32] |
| Iranian Space Agency (Persian: سازمان فضایی ایران) |
ISA | Iran
|
2003 | — | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | [33][34][35] |
| Israeli Space Agency (Hebrew: סוכנות החלל הישראלית) |
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 | [36][37] |
| Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japanese: 宇宙航空研究開発機構) |
JAXA | Japan
|
1 October 2003 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [38][39] |
| National Space Agency (KazCosmos); Kazakh Space Research Institute |
NSA (KazCosmos); SRI |
 Kazakhstan
|
1991 | — | Yes | Yes | No | No | — |
| New Zealand Space Agency |
NZSA |  New Zealand
|
April 2016 | — | No | No | No | No | — |
| Korean Committee of Space Technology (Korean: 조선우주공간기술위원회) |
KCST |  North Korea
|
1980s | 2013 | No | Yes | Yes | No | [40][41][42] |
| National Aerospace Development Administration (Korean: 국가우주개발국) |
NADA | North Korea
|
2013 | — | No | Yes | Yes | No | [43] |
| Korea Aerospace Research Institute (Korean: 한국항공우주연구원) |
KARI |  South Korea
|
10 October 1989 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [citation needed] |
| Lithuanian Space Association[citation needed] | LSA |  Lithuania
|
2007 | — | No | Yes | No | No | [44] |
| Malaysian National Space Agency (Malay: Agensi Angkasa Negara) |
ANGKASA |  Malaysia
|
2002 | — | Yes | Yes | No | No | [45] |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA | United States
|
1 October 1958 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [46] |
| National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (Arabic: الهيئة العامة للاستشعار عن بعد وعلوم الفضاء) |
NARSS | Egypt
|
1994 | — | No | Yes | No | No | [47] |
| French: Centre National d’Études Spatiales (National Center of Space Research) |
CNES | France
|
19 December 1961 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [48] |
| Paraguayan Space Agency (Spanish: Agencia Espacial del Paraguay) |
AEP |  Paraguay
|
26 March 2014 | — | No | No | No | No | — |
| Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Aeroespacial (National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development) |
CONIDA |  Peru
|
11 June 1974 | — | No | Yes | Yes | No | [49] |
| Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Investigaciones Espaciales (National Commission for Space Research) |
CNIE | Argentina
|
1961 | 1991 | No | No | Yes | Yes | [50][51] |
| Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (National Space Activities Commission) |
CONAE | Argentina
|
28 May 1991 | — | No | Yes | Yes | No | [50] |
| 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[citation needed] | NRSC |  Mongolia
|
1987 | — | No | No | No | No | [52] |
| French: Centre national de la cartographie et de la télédétection (Arabic: المركز الوطني للإستشعار عن بعد) (National Remote Sensing Center of Tunisia)[citation needed] |
CNT |  Tunisia
|
1988 | — | No | No | No | No | — |
| Uzbek State Space Research Agency (UzbekCosmos) | USSRA (UzbekCosmos) |  Uzbekistan
|
2001 | — | No | No | No | No | [2] [53] |
| Ukrainian: Національне космічне агентство України (National Space Agency of Ukraine) |
НКАУ NSAU |
Ukraine
|
2 March 1992 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [3] |
| National Space Organization (Chinese: 國家太空中心) |
NSPO | Republic of China (Taiwan)
|
3 October 1991 | — | No | Yes | Yes | No | [54] |
| National Space Research and Development Agency | NASRDA | Nigeria
|
1998 | — | No | Yes | No | No | [citation needed] |
| Dutch: Stichting Ruimteonderzoek Nederland (Institute for Space Research Netherlands) |
SRON | Netherlands
|
1983 | — | Yes | Yes | No | No | [citation needed] |
| Norwegian: Norsk Romsenter (Norwegian Space Centre) |
NRS NSC |
Norway
|
1987 | — | No | Yes | Yes | No | [55] |
| 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: Gabinete do Espaço da FCT (FCT Space Office)[citation needed] |
[56] FCT SO |
Portugal
|
2009 | — | No | No | No | No | — |
| Romanian: Agenţia Spaţială Română (Romanian Space Agency) |
ASR ROSA |
Romania
|
1991 | — | Yes | Yes | No | No | [citation needed] |
| former Egypt Remote Sensing Center | EASRT-RSC | Egypt
|
1971 | 1994 | No | No | No | No | [47] |
| French: Centre Royal de Télédétection Spatiale Berber: Ammas Amrrukan n Tallunt (Arabic: المركز الملكي للإستشعار البعدي الفضائي) (Royal Center for Remote Sensing)[citation needed] |
CRTS |  Morocco
|
December 1989 | — | No | Yes | No | No | — |
| Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство (Russian Federal Space Agency) |
ROSCOSMOS | Russia
|
c.1992 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [citation needed] |
| Sri Lanka Space Agency[citation needed] | SLSA |  Sri Lanka
|
2010 (Proposed)[needs update] | — | No | Yes | No | No | [57] |
| Turkish: TÜBİTAK Uzay Teknolojileri Araştırma Enstitüsü (TÜBİTAK UZAY) (TUBITAK Space Technologies Research Institute) |
TÜBİTAK UZAY | Turkey
|
1985 | — | Yes | 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 | [58] |
| Polish: Polska Agencja Kosmiczna POLSA (Polish Space Agency) |
POLSA POLSA |
Poland
|
2014 | — | Yes | Yes | No | No | [citation needed] |
| South African National Space Agency | SANSA | South Africa
|
9 December 2010 | — | No | No | No | No | [59] |
| Space Research Institute of Saudi Arabia[citation needed] (Arabic: معهد بحوث الفضاء) |
KACST-SRI |  Saudi Arabia
|
— | — | No | Yes | No | No | — |
| Vietnamese: Viện Công nghệ vũ trụ Việt Nam (Space Technology Institute (Vietnam)) |
CNVT or STI VAST-STI |
 Vietnam
|
20 November 2006 | — | Yes | Yes | No | No | [60] |
| Swedish: Rymdstyrelsen (Swedish National Space Agency) |
SNSA | Sweden
|
1972 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [citation needed] |
| Swiss Space Office | SSO | Switzerland
|
1998 | — | No | No | No | No | [61][62] |
| Turkmenistan National Space Agency |  Turkmenistan
|
2011 | — | No | No | No | No | [63] | |
| United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs | UNOOSA | United Nations
|
13 December 1958 | — | — | — | — | — | [64] |
| United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space | UNCOPUOS |
 Albania Algeria Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Benin Bolivia Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Canada Chad Chile China Colombia Cuba Czech Republic Ecuador Egypt France Hungary Germany Greece India Indonesia Iran Iraq Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Lebanon Libya Malaysia Mexico Mongolia Netherlands Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Pakistan Peru Philippines Poland Portugal South Korea Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Senegal Sierra Leone Slovakia South Africa Spain Sudan Sweden Switzerland Syria Thailand Turkey United Kingdom United States Ukraine Uruguay Venezuela Vietnam |
12 December 1959 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| United Arab Emirates Space Agency (Arabic: وكالةالإمارات للفضاء) |
UAESA |  United Arab Emirates
|
2014 | — | No | Yes | No | No | [65] |
| Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (Arabic: على مركز محمد بن راشد للفضاء) |
MBRSC |  Dubai, United Arab Emirates
|
6 February 2006 (as EIAST) 2015 (as MBRSC) |
— | No | Yes | No | No | [66] |
List of space agencies with launch capability
| Space agency | Country | Founded | Terminated | Capabilities of the space agency | Ref(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Acronym | Launch capable | Multiple Satellites Launch capable | Developed and Deployed Cryogenic Rocket Engines | Operates Extraterrestrial Probe | Recoverable Satellites capable | ||||
| Air Force Space Command | AFSPC | United States
|
15 September 1985 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | [67][68] |
| 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 | Yes | [19] |
| European Space Agency (French: Agence spatiale européenne) (German: Europäische Weltraumorganisation) |
ESA ASE EWO |
31 May 1975 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [25][26] | |
| Iranian Space Agency (Persian: سازمان فضایی ایران) |
ISA ISA |
Iran
|
2003 | — | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
| Israeli Space Agency (Hebrew: סוכנות החלל הישראלית) (Arabic: وكالة الفضاء الإسرائيلية) |
ISA סל"ה |
Israel
|
April 1983 | — | Yes | No | No | No | No | [citation needed] |
| Italian Space Agency (Italian: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana) |
ASI | Italy
|
1988 | — | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | [69] |
| Korean Committee of Space Technology (Korean: 조선우주공간기술위원회) |
KCST | North Korea
|
1980s | — | Yes | No | No | No | No | [citation needed] |
| Korea Aerospace Research Institute (Korean: 한국항공우주연구원) |
KARI 항우연 |
South Korea
|
October 1989 | — | Yes | No | No | No | No | [citation needed] |
| Indian Space Research Organisation (Hindi: भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन) |
ISRO इसरो |
India
|
15 August 1969 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [70] |
| Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japanese: 宇宙航空研究開発機構) |
JAXA | Japan
|
1 October 2003 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [38] |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA | United States
|
1 October 1958 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [46] |
| French: Centre National d’Études Spatiales (National Center of Space Research) |
CNES | France
|
19 December 1961 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | [48] |
| Ukrainian: Національне космічне агентство України (National Space Agency of Ukraine) |
НКАУ NSAU |
Ukraine
|
2 March 1992 | — | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | [citation needed] |
| Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство (Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)) |
ROSCOSMOS RFSA |
Russia
|
ca. 1992 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [citation needed] |
| Russian: Советская космическая программа (Soviet space program) |
СССР | Soviet Union
|
ca. 1955 | ca. 1991 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [citation needed] |
List of space agencies with human spaceflight capability
| Space agency | Country | Founded | Terminated | Accomplished tasks by the space agency | Ref(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Acronym | Human Spaceflight capable | Human Space launch 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
|
April 22, 1993 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [19][71] |
| Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство (Russian Federal Space Agency) |
ROSCOSMOS RFSA |
Russia
|
December 26, 1991 Dissolution of Soviet Union | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [72] |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA | United States
|
October 1, 1958 | — | July 8, 2011 last | July 8, 2011 last | Yes | July 19, 2011 last | Yes | [46]
|
| Russian: Советская космическая программа (Soviet space program) |
СССР | Soviet Union
|
July 22, 1951 | December 26, 1991 Dissolution of Soviet Union | October 2, 1991 last | October 2, 1991 last | July 27, 1991 last | December 26, 1991 last | December 26, 1991 last | [72] |
List of space agencies with lunar soft-landing capability
| Space agency | Country | Founded | Terminated | Accomplished tasks by the space agency | Ref(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Acronym | Circumlunar Manned Spaceflight | Unmanned Moon Soft Landing | Unmanned (automated) lunar rover operation | Automated Lunar sample return mission | Manned Moon Landing and sample return | ||||
| 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 | — | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA | United States
|
1 October 1958 | — | Yes | Yes | No[73] | No[74] | Yes | [46] |
| Russian: Советская космическая программа (Soviet space program) |
СССР | Soviet Union
|
ca. 1955 | ca. 1991 | No | Yes | Yes[75] | Yes[76][77] | No | [78] |
Expected and proposed future space agencies
| Space agency | Country | Possible expected date of foundation | Current status | Ref(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Acronym | ||||
| Australian Space Agency | ASA | Australia
|
1st July 2018 | Goal to initially focus on satellites to reduce dependency on overseas agencies. | [79][80] |
| Philippine Space Agency | PSA | Philippines
|
— | At proposal stage | [81] |
| Sri Lanka Aeronautics and Space Agency | SLASA | Sri Lanka
|
Immediate goal is to construct and launch two satellites. Sri Lankan Telecommunications Regulatory Commission has signed an agreement with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd to get relevant help and resources. | [82][83] | |
| African Space Agency | AfriSpace | African Union | — | Proposed in 2015 | [84][85][86][87] |
| Pan-Arab Space Agency |
PASA |  Arab League
|
— | Stalled. Proposed in 2009, at progress stage. | [88] |
| South American Space Agency | Template:Country data South America South America | — | Proposed in 2011, at progress stage | [89] | |
Budgets
The annual budgets listed are the official budgets for national space agencies available in public domain. The budgets are not normalized to the expenses of space research in different countries, i.e. higher budget does not necessarily mean more activity or better performance in space exploration.[90][91] Note also that budget could be used for different projects: e.g. GPS is maintained from the US defence budget, whereas ESA's money is used for developing the European Galileo positioning system. The data for authoritarian countries are unreliable. For European contributors to ESA, the national budgets shown include also their contributions to ESA.
| Agency (country/region) | Budget (in millions of US $) |
|---|---|
| NASA (USA) | 19,500
|
| ESA (Europe) | 6,271
|
| Roscosmos (Russia) | 3,272
|
| CNES (France) | 2,600
|
| DLR (Germany) | 2,500
|
| JAXA (Japan) | 2,030
|
| ASI (Italy) | 1,800
|
| CNSA (China) | 1,780
|
| ISRO (India) | 1,400
|
| UKSA (UK) | 529
|
| CSA (Canada) | 488.7
|
| KARI (South Korea) | 366
|
| ASA (Algeria) | 360
|
| SSAU (Ukraine) | 250
|
| CoNAE (Argentina) | 180
|
| ISA and ISRC (Iran) | 139
|
| INTA (Spain) | 135
|
| NSO (Netherlands) | 110
|
| SNSA (Sweden) | 100
|
| SUPARCO (Pakistan) | 82
|
| SANSA (South Africa) | 11.8
|
| SSO (Switzerland) | 10
|
| AEM (Mexico) | 8.34
|
See also
References
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