- 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 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.
- Colour legend
The capabilities of the space agencies are color-coded as follows:
Manned Lunar Exploration + Operates Space Station + Manned Space Flight + Operates Extraterrestrial Probes + Launch Capability + Operates SatellitesOperates Space Station + Manned Space Flight + Operates Extraterrestrial Probes + Launch Capability + Operates SatellitesLaunch Capability + Operates SatellitesNone Of The AboveList of space agencies
Space agency Country Founded Terminated Capabilities of the space agency Ref(s) Name Initialisms/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 — Mexican Space Agency
(Spanish: Agencia Espacial Mexicana)AEM Mexico
30 July 2010 — Yes Yes 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 1974 — No No No No — Dutch: Belgisch Instituut voor Ruimte-Aëronomie
French: Institut d’Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique
(Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy)BIRA
IASB
BISABelgium
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[5] No [6] UK Space Agency UKSA United Kingdom
1 April 2010 — Yes Yes Yes Yes [citation needed] Bulgarian: Българска академия на науките
(Space Research Institute, Solar-Terrestrial Influences Institute) Bulgarian Space AgencyИКИ-БАН
SRI-BAS]
ИСЗВ-БАН
STIL-BASBulgaria
1987 — Yes Yes No No [7] Canadian Space Agency
French: Agence spatiale canadienneCSA
ASCCanada
1 March 1989 — Yes Yes Yes No [8] 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 [9] Spanish: Comisión Colombiana del Espacio
(Colombian Space Commission)CCE Colombia
18 July 2006 — No Yes No No [10] Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing CRISP Singapore
1995 — No Yes No No Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation CSIRO Australia
1926 — No Yes No No [11] Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems CCSDS InternationalAgenzia 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)
esa 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 InternationalArgentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Brazil
Canada
China
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Spain
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Israel
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
esa European Space Agency
UNESCO
1958 — No No No No [12][12][12] Croatian: Hrvatska svemirska agencija
(Croatian Space Agency)HSA
CSACroatia
October 2002 — No No No No [13] Czech: Česká kosmická kancelář
(Czech Space Office)ČKK
CSOCzech Republic
November 2003 — No No No No [14] Danish: Danmarks Rumcenter
(Danish National Space Center)DRC
DNSCDenmark
1 January
196831 December
2006Yes No No No [citation needed] Danish: Dansk Rumforskningsinstitut
(Danish Space Research Institute)DRKI
DSRIDenmark
1 January
200531 December
2006No Yes 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 Yes No No [15] European Space Agency
(French: Agence spatiale européenne)
(German: Europäische Weltraumorganisation)ESA
ASE
EWO31 May 1975 — Yes Yes Yes Yes [16][17] Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency
(Spanish: Agencia Espacial Civil Ecuatoriana)EXA Ecuador
1 November 2007 — Yes Yes No No [citation needed] Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency
(Thai: สำนักงานพัฒนาเทคโนโลยีอวกาศและภูมิสารสนเทศ)GISTDA
สทอภThailand
3 November 2002 — No Yes No No [18] German: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
(German Aerospace Center)DLR Germany
1969 — Yes Yes Yes No [19] Hungarian: Magyar Űrkutatási Iroda
(Hungarian Space Office)MŰI
HSOHungary
January 1992 — No No No No [citation needed] Indian Space Research Organization
(Hindi: भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन)ISRO
इसरोIndia
15 August 1969 — Yes Yes Yes Yes [19] Greek: Ινστιτούτο Διαστημικών Εφαρμογών και Τηλεπισκόπησης
(Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing)ΙΔΕΤ
ISARSGreece
1955 — No Yes No No [citation needed] Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial INTA Spain
1942 — Yes Yes Yes No [20][21][22] Iranian Space Agency
(Persian: سازمان فضایی ایران)ISA Iran
2003 — No Yes Yes Yes [23][24][25] Israeli Space Agency
(Hebrew: סוכנות החלל הישראלית)
(Arabic: وكالة الفضاء الإسرائيلية)ISA
סל"הIsrael
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 [26] National Space Agency (KazCosmos);
Kazakh Space Research InstituteNSA (KazCosmos);
SRIKazakhstan
1991 — No No No No — Korean Committee of Space Technology
(Korean: 조선우주공간기술위원회)KCST North Korea
1980s — No No Yes No [27][28] 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 [29] National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA United States
1 October 1958 — Yes Yes Yes Yes [30] National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences
(Arabic: الهيئة العامة للاستشعار عن بعد وعلوم الفضاء )NARRS Egypt
1994 — No Yes No No [31] French: Centre National d’Études Spatiales
(National Center of Space Research)CNES France
19 December 1961 — Yes Yes Yes No [32] 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 de Investigaciones Espaciales
(National Commission for Space Research)CNIE Argentina
1961 1991 No No Yes Yes [33][34] Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales
(National Space Activities Commission)CONAE Argentina
28 May 1991 — No Yes Yes No [33] 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 [35] French: Centre national de télédétection
(Arabic: المركز الوطني للإستشعار عن بعد)
(National Remote Sensing Center of Tunisia)CNT Tunisia
1988 — No No No No — Uzbek State Space Research Agency (UzbekCosmos) USSRA (UzbekCosmos) Uzbekistan
2001 — No No No No [8] [9] Ukrainian: Національне космічне агентство України
(National Space Agency of Ukraine)НКАУ
NSAUUkraine
2 March 1992 — Yes Yes Yes No [10] National Space Organization
(Chinese: 國家太空中心)NSPO Republic of China
October 1991 — No Yes Yes No [36] 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
NSCNorway
1987 — No Yes Yes No [37] Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission
(Urdu: پاکستان خلائی و بالا فضائی تحقیقاتی کمیشن)SUPARCO
سپارکوPakistan
16 September 1961 — No Yes Yes No [citation needed] Portuguese: Gabinete do Espaço da FCT
(FCT Space Office)[38]
FCT SOPortugal
2009 — No No No No Romanian: Agenţia Spaţială Română
(Romanian Space Agency)ASR
ROSARomania
1991 — No No No No [citation needed] former Egypt Remote Sensing Center EASRT-RSC Egypt
1971 1994 No No No No [31] 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)ROSCOSMOS Russia
c.1992 — Yes Yes Yes Yes [citation needed] Sri Lanka Space Agency SLSA Sri Lanka
2010 (Proposed) — No No No No [39] Turkish: TÜBİTAK Uzay Teknolojileri Araştırma Enstitüsü (TÜBİTAK UZAY)
(TUBITAK Space Technologies Research Institute)TÜBİTAK UZAY Turkey
1985 — 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 [40] Polish: Centrum Badań Kosmicznych PAN
(Space Research Centre)CBK-PAN
SRCPoland
1977 — Yes 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-STIVietnam
20 November 2006 — Yes Yes No No [41] 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 — — — — — [42] 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 — — — — — — 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 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 [9] European Space Agency
(French: Agence spatiale européenne)
(German: Europäische Weltraumorganisation)ESA
ASE
EWOAustria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Romania
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
31 May 1975 — Yes Yes Yes No [16][17] Iranian Space Agency
(Persian: سازمان فضایی ایران)
(Arabic: وكالة الفضاء الإیرانیه)ISA
ISAIran
2003 — Yes No No No [43] Israeli Space Agency
(Hebrew: סוכנות החלל הישראלית)
(Arabic: وكالة الفضاء الإسرائيلية)ISA
סל"הIsrael
April 1983 — Yes No No No [citation needed] Indian Space Research Organization
(Hindi: भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन)ISRO
इसरोIndia
15 August 1969 — Yes Yes Yes Yes [44] Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
(Japanese: 宇宙航空研究開発機構)JAXA Japan
1 October 2003 — Yes Yes Yes No [26] National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA United States
1 October 1958 — Yes Yes Yes Yes [30] French: Centre National d’Études Spatiales
(National Center of Space Research)CNES France
19 December 1961 — Yes Yes No No [32] Ukrainian: Національне космічне агентство України
(National Space Agency of Ukraine)НКАУ
NSAUUkraine
2 March 1992 — Yes Yes No No [citation needed] Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство
(Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos))ROSCOSMOS
RFSARussia
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) Name Acronym Manned Spaceflight capable Manned 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
22 April 1993 — Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [9][45] National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA United States
1 October 1958 — Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [30] Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство
(Russian Federal Space Agency)ROSCOSMOS
RFSARussia
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 achievements of space agencies with lunar landing capability
Space agency Country Founded Terminated Accomplished tasks by the Space Agency Ref(s) Name Acronym Unmanned Moon Soft Landing Circumlunar Manned Spaceflight Manned Moon Landing National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA United States
1 October 1958 — Yes Yes Yes [30] Russian: Советская космическая программа
(Soviet space program)СССР Soviet Union
ca. 1955 ca. 1991 Yes No No[46][47] [48] Expected future space agencies
Space agency Country Possible expected date of foundation Current status Ref(s) Name Acronym Pan-Arab Space Agency PASA Arab League
— — [49] Belarus Space Agency BSA Belarus
2010 [50] Bolivian Space Agency ABAE Bolivia
2012 in 2012 a space satellite will be launched to orbit [51] Space Science and Technology Institute SSTI Lithuania
2010 SSTI plans nano-satellite with space capsules by Russian help. [52] [53] Mexican Space Agency
(Spanish: Agencia Espacial Mexicana)
AEM Mexico
2010 Founded in July, 2010. Yet in structuring process. [54] South African National Space Agency SANSA South Africa
2011 Bill signed by the President. [55] Sri Lanka Aeronautics and Space Agency SLASA Sri Lanka
2010 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. [56][57] Turkmenistan National Space Agency TNSA Turkmenistan
2011 TNSA plans a first satellite by help of SpaceX to 2014 [58] Vietnam Space Commission VNSC Vietnam
— — [59] 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.[60][61] For European contributors to ESA, the national budgets shown are separate from their contributions to ESA.
Country Agency Budget
(USD)United States
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) $19,000 million[62] ESA (European Space Agency) $5,430 million (2011)[63] Russia
ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency) $3,800 million (2011)[64] France
CNES (French Space Agency) $2,822 million (2010)[65] Japan
JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) $2,460 million[66] Germany
DLR (German Aerospace Center) $2,000 million[67] China
CNSA (China National Space Administration) $1,300 million[68] India
ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) $1,268 million[69] Italy
ASI (Italian Space Agency) $1,000 million[70] Iran
ISA (Iranian Space Agency) $500 million[71] United Kingdom
UKSA (UK Space Agency) $414 million[72] Brazil
AEB (Brazilian Space Agency) $343 million[73] Canada
CSA (Canadian Space Agency) $300 million[74] South Korea
KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute) $300 million[75] Ukraine
NSAU (National Space Agency of Ukraine) $250 million[76] Belgium
BELSPO (Belgian Federal Office for Science Policy) $170 million[77] Argentina
CONAE (Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales) $148 million[78] Spain
INTA (Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial) $135 million[79] Sweden
SNSB (Swedish National Space Board) $100 million[80] Pakistan
SUPARCO (Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission) $82 million[81] Netherlands
SRON (Netherlands Institute for Space Research) $26 million[82] Switzerland
SSO (Swiss Space Office) $10 million[83] Mexico
AEM (Mexican Space Agency) $8.34 million[84] World All space agencies (Total of listed budgets) $38,894.77 million World maps
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Countries with Extraterrestrial Probes
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Countries with Sounding Rockets
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Satellite operating countries
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Countries with Astronauts
See also
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