List of space agencies
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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 lang uage. 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.
- Colour legend
The capabilities of the space agencies are colour-coded as follows: Manned space flight + Launch capability + Operates satellites Launch capability + Operates satellites Operate satellites None of the above
 Human spaceflight countries |
 Space launch capability countries |
 Satellite operators |
[edit] Richest space agencies
The budgets listed are the official budgets from the different space agencies' homepages. Note that the Chinese budget of $500 million is from official figures by Luo Ge, vice administrator of the China National Space Administration. 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.
| Country | Agency | Budget |
|---|---|---|
 United States |
NASA | $16 billion |
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ESA (European Space Agency) | $4.260 billion |
| France |
CNES (French Space Agency) | $2.49 billion |
 Japan |
JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) | $2.0 billion |
 Russia |
RKA (Russian Federal Space Agency) | $1.4 billion |
| Italy |
ASI (Italian Space Agency) | $1.35billion |
| Germany |
DLR (German Aerospace Center) | $1.242 billion |
 India |
ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) | $815 million |
 China |
CNSA (Chinese National Space Administration) | $500 million |
| United Kingdom |
BNSC (British National Space Centre) | $414 million [17] |
 Canada |
CSA (Canadian Space Agency) | $321 million |
 Ukraine |
NSAU (National Space Agency of Ukraine) | $250-300 million |
| Belgium |
Belgian science policy and space policy | $230 million |
 Brazil |
AEB (Brazilian Space Agency) | $219 million [18] |
| Spain |
CDTI (Spanish Space Agency) | $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 |
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Space Agency (Total of Listed Budget) | $31.8 billion |
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Besser, Bruno (January 2004). Austria's History in Space (PDF) 25–28.
- ^ ESA - Human Spaceflight and Exploration - Other space agencies (3 January 2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-09.
- ^ Aeronomy.be - Contact - Who are we?. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ^ Presidency of Brazil: Law 8.854 of 02/10/1994 - "That creates the Brazilian Space Agency, and other measures".. Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
- ^ China National Space Administration - Organization and Function. Retrieved on 2008-03-09.
- ^ About CSIRO (Overview).
- ^ ESA - About ESA - What is ESA?. ESA. Retrieved on 2008-03-01.
- ^ ESA - About ESA - History of the European Space Agency. ESA. Retrieved on 2008-03-01.
- ^ Das DLR im Überblick.
- ^ JAXA official site JAXA HISTORY. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
- ^ Malaysian National Space Agency, Official Website - Background. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ^ NASA History in Brief. NASA. Retrieved on 2008-03-09.
- ^ a b Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales - Background. CONAE. Retrieved on 2008-03-01.
- ^ About NSPO/Heritage
- ^ SPARRSO. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ^ United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA). Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ^ BNSC - How we are funded
- ^ National Congress of Brazil. 2008 Federal Budget: Brazilian Space Agency (Agência Espacial Brasileira). (pp. 208-213).
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