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WORLD LAUNCH LOCATIONS

LIST OF WORLD AGENCIES

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

Name	Acronym	Country	Founded	Terminated	Website	Ref(s)
Austrian Space Agency (Austrian Solar and Space Agency 1977–1987; Also Aeronautics and Space Agency; German: Agentur für Luft- und Raumfahrt)	ASA	Austria	12 July 1972	—	www.ffg.at	[1][2]
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy		Belgium	1964	—	www.aeronomie.be	[3]
Brazilian Space Agency	AEB	Brazil	10 February 1994	—	www.aeb.gov.br	[4]
British National Space Centre		United Kingdom			www.bnsc.gov.uk	[citation needed]
Bulgarian Aerospace Agency		Bulgaria	1969		www.space.bas.bg	[citation needed]
Canadian Space Agency	CSA / ASC	Canada	March 1989		www.space.gc.ca	[citation needed]
China National Space Administration (Chinese: 国家航天局)	CNSA	People's Republic of China	April 1993	—	www.cnsa.gov.cn	[5]
Colombian Space Commission		Colombia	2006		www.cce.gov.co	[citation needed]
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation	CSIRO	Australia	1926	—	www.csiro.au	[6]
Czech Space Office		Czech Republic			www.czechspace.cz	[citation needed]
Danish National Space Center		Denmark	January 1, 2005		www.spacecenter.dk	[citation needed]
Danish Space Research Institute		Denmark		1 January 2005	www.drsi.dk	[citation needed]
European Space Agency	ESA	Austria  Belgium  Denmark  Finland  France  Germany  Greece  Ireland  Italy  Luxembourg  Netherlands  Norway  Portugal  Spain  Sweden  Switzerland  United Kingdom	1975	—	www.esa.int	[7][8]
Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency	GISTDA	Thailand	2 November 2002		www.gistda.or.th	[citation needed]
German Aerospace Center	DLR	Germany	1969		www.dlr.de	[9]
Hungarian Space Office		Hungary			www.hso.hu	[citation needed]
Indian Space Research Organization	ISRO	India	August 15, 1969		www.isro.org	[citation needed]
Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing	ISARS	Greece			www.space.noa.gr	[citation needed]
Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial		Spain			www.inta.es	[citation needed]
Iranian Space Agency	ISA	Iran	2004		www.isa.ir	[citation needed]
Israeli Space Agency		Israel			ISR Homepage	[citation needed]
Italian Space Agency		Italy	1988		www.asi.it	[citation needed]
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency	JAXA (Formerly NASDA)	Japan	October 1, 2003 (October 1, 1969)		www.jaxa.jp	[10][citation needed]
Korea Aerospace Research Institute	KARI	South Korea	1981		www.kari.kr	[citation needed]
Malaysian National Space Agency (Malay: Agensi Angkasa Negara)		Malaysia	2002	—	www.angkasa.gov.my	[11]
Mexican Space Agency		Mexico	As of 2007 pending approval		aexa.divaac.org Promotional Site	[citation needed]
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	NASA	United States	1 October 1958	—	www.nasa.gov	[12]
National Center of Space Research (French: Centre National d'Études Spatiales)	CNES	France			www.cnes.fr	[citation needed]
National Commission for Space Research (Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Investigaciones Espaciales)	CNIE	Argentina	1961	1991	www.conae.gov.ar	[13]
National Institute of Aeronautics and Space	LAPAN	Indonesia			www.lapan.go.id	[citation needed]
National Space Activities Commission (Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales)	CONAE	Argentina	1991	—	www.conae.gov.ar	[13]
National Space Agency of Ukraine	NSAU	Ukraine	1992		www.nkau.gov.ua	[citation needed]
National Space Organization	NSPO	Republic of China (Taiwan)	October 1991	—	www.nspo.org.tw	[14]
National Space Research and Development Agency	NASRDA	Nigeria	1998		www.nasrda.org	[citation needed]
Netherlands Institute for Space Research	SRON	Netherlands			www.sron.nl	[citation needed]
North Korean Space Agency		North Korea			—	[citation needed]
Norwegian Space Centre		Norway			www.spacecentre.no	[citation needed]
Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission	SUPARCO	Pakistan			www.suparco.gov.pk	[citation needed]
Peru Space Agency	CONIDA	Peru			www.condia.gob.pe	[citation needed]
Portuguese Spacial Company		Portugal			www.cep.pt	[citation needed]
Romanian Space Agency		Romania			www.rosa.ro	[citation needed]
Russian Federal Space Agency (Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство)	RKA / RSA	Russia			www.roscosmos.ru	[citation needed]
Soviet space program		Soviet Union				[citation needed]
Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization		Bangladesh	1980	—	sparrso.gov.bd	[15]
Space Research Centre		Poland			www.cbk.waw.pl	[citation needed]
Swedish National Space Board		Sweden			www.snsb.se	[citation needed]
Swiss Space Office		Switzerland			www.sso.admin.ch	[citation needed]
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs	UNOOSA	United Nations	13 December 1958	—	www.unoosa.org	[16]

Human spaceflight countries

Space launch capability countries

Satellite operators

 

Highest budget 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	$17.3 billion
	ESA (European Space Agency)	$4.58 billion
France	CNES (French Space Agency)	$2.49 billion
Japan	JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)	$2.1 billion
Italy	ASI (Italian Space Agency)	$1.55billion
Russia	RKA (Russian Federal Space Agency)	$1.4 billion
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
	Space Agency (Total of Listed Budget)	$31.8 billion

 

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