Government space agencies are established by governments of countries or regional groupings of countries to establish a means for advocating for and/or engaging in activities related to outer space, exploitation of space systems, and space exploration. The listings summarize all countries and regional authorities that have established space agencies. The listings established a comparative summary of demonstrated capabilities across the countries that have invested in the pursuit of space-based objectives.
The space agency listings are segregated to enable identification of subsets of the complete list that have advanced to higher levels or technical or programmatic proficiency in accordance with the following:
Establishment of agency, initial exploitation of space-based systems
Development of launch capability
Capacity for extraterrestrial exploration
Demonstration of human spaceflight capability across one or more of these domains
The four listings identify a technological progression in complexity and capacity that historically aligned to the developments that occurred during the 20th century space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. It is not intended to offer that this is the only path to advanced space faring status; variations and adaptations are expected and are likely to occur based on the technological capabilities that are available to today as opposed to 50 or more years ago. For each identified "Demonstrated capability" a reference is included to that program's first demonstration of the technical capacity or capability to meet the defined objective.
The fifth listing identifies countries that are considering or are developing space agency organizations but have not ratified formation or operation as of yet.
Note as well that the demonstrated capabilities represent the national (or regional) capacity to achieve the identified objective. These listings do not attempt to determine which programs were uniquely or solely funded by the space agency itself. For each listing, the short name or acronym identified is the English version, with the native language version below. 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. Additionally, the strategic nature of many space programs result in cooperation between civil agency and military organizations to meet unique staff and technical proficiencies required to support space programs given the geographic expanse required to ensure successful operation.
As of 2024,[update] 74 different government space agencies are in existence, including 68 national space agencies and six international agencies. Initial competencies demonstrated include funding and nomination of a candidate to serve as astronaut, cosmonaut, or taikonaut with the countries/organizations executing human spaceflight solutions. Other demonstrated capabilities include operation of a satellite (e.g. a communications or remote sensing system) largely developed and/or delivered by a third party, domestic development of a satellite system, and capacity to recover a science payload from a sub-orbital or orbital mission. Seven space agencies (six national, one international) have demonstrated all four of those capabilities.
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)
French: Centre national de la cartographie et de la télédétection (Arabic: المركز الوطني للإستشعار عن بعد) (National Remote Sensing Center of Tunisia)[93]
This group of agencies have developed or are developing launch infrastructure including space launch sites, suborbital launch technology, orbital launch systems, and reusable hardware technologies.
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The Space Program redirects here For the song by A Tribe Called Quest see The Space Program song See also List of private spaceflight companies List of space forces units and formations and Lists of space organizations Government space agencies are established by governments of countries or regional groupings of countries to establish a means for advocating for and or engaging in activities related to outer space exploitation of space systems and space exploration The listings summarize all countries and regional authorities that have established space agencies The listings established a comparative summary of demonstrated capabilities across the countries that have invested in the pursuit of space based objectives Government space agency organizations are established with objectives that include national prestige exploitation of remote sensing information communications education and economic development These agencies tend to be civil in nature vs military and serve to advance the benefits of exploitation and or exploration of space Government agencies span the spectrum from ancient organizations with small budgets to mature national or regional enterprises such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA of the United States the European Space Agency ESA which coordinates for more than 20 constituent countries the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA the Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities Roscosmos of Russia the Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO and the China National Space Agency CNSA The space agency listings are segregated to enable identification of subsets of the complete list that have advanced to higher levels or technical or programmatic proficiency in accordance with the following Establishment of agency initial exploitation of space based systems Development of launch capability Capacity for extraterrestrial exploration Demonstration of human spaceflight capability across one or more of these domains The four listings identify a technological progression in complexity and capacity that historically aligned to the developments that occurred during the 20th century space race between the United States and the Soviet Union It is not intended to offer that this is the only path to advanced space faring status variations and adaptations are expected and are likely to occur based on the technological capabilities that are available to today as opposed to 50 or more years ago For each identified Demonstrated capability a reference is included to that program s first demonstration of the technical capacity or capability to meet the defined objective The fifth listing identifies countries that are considering or are developing space agency organizations but have not ratified formation or operation as of yet Note as well that the demonstrated capabilities represent the national or regional capacity to achieve the identified objective These listings do not attempt to determine which programs were uniquely or solely funded by the space agency itself For each listing the short name or acronym identified is the English version with the native language version below 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 Additionally the strategic nature of many space programs result in cooperation between civil agency and military organizations to meet unique staff and technical proficiencies required to support space programs given the geographic expanse required to ensure successful operation Contents 1 List of space agencies 2 List of space agencies with launch capability 3 List of space agencies with extraterrestrial exploration capability 4 List of space agencies with human spaceflight capability 5 Emerging proposed and future space agencies 6 Budgets 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksList of space agencies editAs of 2024 update 74 different government space agencies are in existence including 68 national space agencies and six international agencies Initial competencies demonstrated include funding and nomination of a candidate to serve as astronaut cosmonaut or taikonaut with the countries organizations executing human spaceflight solutions Other demonstrated capabilities include operation of a satellite e g a communications or remote sensing system largely developed and or delivered by a third party domestic development of a satellite system and capacity to recover a science payload from a sub orbital or orbital mission Seven space agencies six national one international have demonstrated all four of those capabilities Overview of space agencies Country Space agency Demonstrated capability Name Acronym Founded First Astronaut Operates satellites Builds satellites Recoverable payloads capable nbsp African Union African Space Agency AfSA 24 January 2023 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Algeria Algerian Space Agency ASAL 16 Jan 2002 1 nbsp nbsp Alcomsat 1 nbsp AlSAT 1 nbsp nbsp Argentina Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales 2 CONAE 1961 CNIE 28 May 1991 CONAE nbsp nbsp Nahuel 1A nbsp ARSAT 1 nbsp nbsp Australia Australian Space Agency 3 ASA 1986 NSP 1 Jul 2018 ASA 4 5 nbsp Paul Scully Power nbsp Aussat A1 nbsp WRESAT nbsp nbsp Austria Austrian Space Agency 6 7 ALR 12 Jul 1972 nbsp Franz Viehbock nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Azerbaijan Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan Azercosmos 8 Azercosmos 2021 nbsp nbsp Azerspace 1 nbsp nbsp nbsp Bangladesh Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization 9 SPARRSO 1980 nbsp nbsp Bangabandhu 1 nbsp nbsp nbsp Belgium Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy 10 BIRAIASBBISA Nov 25 1964 nbsp Dirk Frimout nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Brazil Brazilian Space Agency 11 12 AEB 10 Feb 1994 nbsp Marcos Pontes nbsp Brasilsat A1 nbsp Amazonia 1 nbsp nbsp Bulgaria Bulgarian Space Agency 13 SRI BASSTIL BAS 1987 nbsp Georgi Ivanov nbsp Bulgaria 1300 nbsp nbsp nbsp Canada Canadian Space Agency 14 CSAASC 1 Mar 1989 nbsp Marc Garneau nbsp Alouette 1 nbsp Alouette 1 nbsp nbsp Chile Chilean Space Agency CSA 2001 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp China China National Space Administration 15 CNSA 22 Apr 1993 nbsp Yang Liwei nbsp nbsp Dong Fang Hong 1 nbsp nbsp Costa Rica Costa Rican Space Agency Agencia Espacial Costarricense 16 AEC 2021 nbsp nbsp Irazu nbsp Irazu nbsp International nbsp Agenzia Spaziale Italiana ASI nbsp British National Space Centre BNSC nbsp Canadian Space Agency CSA nbsp Centre National d Etudes Spatiales CNES nbsp China National Space Administration CNSA nbsp Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft und Raumfahrt DLR nbsp European Space Agency ESA nbsp Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais INPE nbsp Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA nbsp National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA nbsp Russian Federal Space Agency RFSA Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems 17 CCSDS 1982 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp International nbsp Algeria nbsp Argentina nbsp Armenia nbsp Australia nbsp Austria nbsp Belgium nbsp Bulgaria nbsp Brazil nbsp Canada nbsp Chile nbsp China nbsp Taiwan nbsp Czech Republic nbsp Denmark nbsp Egypt nbsp Finland nbsp France nbsp Germany nbsp Greece nbsp Hungary nbsp India nbsp Indonesia nbsp Iran nbsp Israel nbsp Italy nbsp Japan nbsp South Korea nbsp Mexico nbsp Netherlands nbsp Nigeria nbsp Norway nbsp Pakistan nbsp Poland nbsp Portugal nbsp Romania nbsp Russia nbsp Slovakia nbsp South Africa nbsp Spain nbsp Sweden nbsp Switzerland nbsp Thailand nbsp Turkey nbsp Ukraine nbsp United Kingdom nbsp United States nbsp Caribbean Community Committee on Space Research 18 19 20 COSPAR 1958 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Czech Republic Czech Space Office 21 CSO 2003 22 nbsp Vladimir Remek nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Denmark Danish National Space Center 23 DNSCDTU Space 1 Jan 1968 DSRI 1 Jan 2005 DNSC nbsp Andreas Mogensen nbsp Orsted nbsp nbsp nbsp Egypt Egyptian Space Agency 24 25 EGSANARSS 26 EASRT RSC 201819941971 1994 nbsp nbsp EgyptSat 1 nbsp nbsp nbsp El Salvador Instituto Aeroespacial de El Salvador Esai 27 28 ESAI 2021 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Ethiopia Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute 29 ESSTI 14 Oct 2016 nbsp nbsp ETRSS 1 nbsp ETRSS 1 nbsp nbsp nbsp Austria nbsp Belgium nbsp Czech Republic nbsp Denmark nbsp Estonia nbsp European Union nbsp Finland nbsp France nbsp Germany nbsp Greece nbsp Hungary nbsp Ireland nbsp Italy nbsp Luxembourg nbsp Netherlands nbsp Norway nbsp Poland nbsp Portugal nbsp Romania nbsp Spain nbsp Sweden nbsp Switzerland nbsp United Kingdom European Space Agency 30 31 ESAASEEWO 1964 ESRO ELDO 30 May 1975 ESA nbsp Ulf Merbold nbsp Cos B nbsp Cos B nbsp nbsp European Union European Union Agency for the Space Programme 32 EUSPA 12 Jul 2004 GSA 21 May 2021 EUSPA nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp France National Centre for Space Studies 33 CNES 19 Dec 1961 nbsp Jean Loup Chretien nbsp Asterix nbsp Asterix nbsp nbsp Germany German Aerospace Center 34 DLR 1969 nbsp Sigmund Jahn nbsp nbsp Azur nbsp nbsp Ghana Ghana Space Science and Technology Centre 35 GSSTI 2 Apr 2012 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Greece Hellenic Space CentreEllhniko Kentro Diasthmatos 36 HSCELKED 9 Aug 2019 nbsp nbsp Hellas Sat 2 nbsp nbsp nbsp Hungary Hungarian Space Office MUIHSO Jan 1992 nbsp Bertalan Farkas nbsp MaSat 1 nbsp nbsp nbsp India Indian Space Research Organisation 37 38 39 ISROइसर 1962 INCOSPAR 15th Aug 1969 ISRO nbsp Rakesh Sharma nbsp Aryabhata nbsp Aryabhata nbsp nbsp Indonesia Indonesian Space Agency Previously known as LAPAN 40 INASA Nov 27 1964 nbsp nbsp Palapa A1 nbsp Lapan TUBsat nbsp nbsp Iran Iranian Space Agency ISA 41 42 2004 nbsp nbsp Sina 1 nbsp 43 Omid nbsp Pishgam nbsp Israel Israeli Space Agency ISAסוכנות החלל הישראלית Apr 1983 nbsp Ilan Ramon nbsp Ofeq 1 nbsp Shavit 2 nbsp nbsp Italy Italian Space Agency 44 45 ASI 1988 nbsp Franco Malerba nbsp San Marco 1 nbsp San Marco 1 nbsp nbsp Japan Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 46 47 JAXAジャクサ 1 Oct 2003 nbsp Toyohiro Akiyama nbsp Ohsumi nbsp Ohsumi nbsp nbsp Kazakhstan National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan 48 KazCosmosKazKosmos 27 Mar 2007 nbsp Toktar Aubakirov nbsp KazSat 1 nbsp nbsp nbsp Kenya Kenya Space Agency 49 KSA 7 Mar 2017 nbsp nbsp 1KUNS PF nbsp nbsp nbsp North Korea National Aerospace Development Administration 50 51 NADA 1980s KCST 2013 NADA 52 nbsp nbsp Kwangmyŏngsŏng 3 Unit 2 nbsp Kwangmyŏngsŏng 3 Unit 2 nbsp nbsp South Korea Korea Aerospace Research Institute 53 KARI 10 Oct 1989 nbsp Yi So yeon nbsp Koreasat 1 nbsp KITSAT 1 nbsp nbsp Lithuania Lithuanian Space Association 54 LSA 55 2007 nbsp nbsp LituanicaSAT 1 nbsp nbsp nbsp Luxembourg Luxembourg Space Agency 56 LSA Sep 2018 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Malaysia Malaysian Space Agency 57 MYSA 2002 nbsp Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor nbsp MEASAT 1 nbsp nbsp nbsp Mexico Mexican Space Agency 58 AEM 30 Jul 2010 nbsp Rodolfo Vela nbsp Morelos I nbsp UNAMSAT B 59 nbsp nbsp Mongolia National Remote Sensing Center of Mongolia 60 NRSC 1991 nbsp nbsp Mazaalai nbsp Mazaalai nbsp nbsp Morocco Royal Center for Remote Sensing 61 Centre Royal de Teledetection Spatiale Ammas Amrrukan n Tallunt المركز الملكي للإستشعار البعدي الفضائي CRTS Dec 1989 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Netherlands Netherlands Institute for Space Research 62 SRON 1983 nbsp Wubbo Ockels nbsp ANS nbsp ANS nbsp nbsp New Zealand New Zealand Space Agency NZSA Apr 2016 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Nigeria National Space Research and Development Agency 63 NASRDA 1998 nbsp nbsp Nigeriasat 1 nbsp nbsp nbsp Norway Norwegian Space Agency 64 NRSNSC 1987 nbsp nbsp Thor 2 nbsp nbsp nbsp Pakistan Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission 65 SUPARCOسپارکو 16 Sep 1961 started working from 1964 nbsp nbsp Badr 1 nbsp Badr 1 nbsp nbsp Paraguay Paraguayan Space Agency Agencia Espacial de Paraguay 66 AEP 26 Mar 2014 nbsp nbsp GuaraniSat 1 nbsp nbsp nbsp Peru National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development 67 CONIDA 11 Jun 1974 nbsp nbsp Chasqui I nbsp nbsp nbsp Philippines Philippine Space Agency 68 69 70 71 72 PhilSA 2014 DOST ASTI 8 August 2019 PhilSA nbsp nbsp Agila 1 nbsp nbsp nbsp Poland Polish Space Agency 73 POLSA 29 Sep 1976 CBK PAN 26 Sep 2014 POLSA nbsp Miroslaw Hermaszewski nbsp Lem nbsp nbsp nbsp Portugal Portugal Space 74 75 PTSPACE 2019 nbsp nbsp nbsp PoSAT 1 nbsp nbsp Romania Romanian Space Agency 76 ASRROSA 1991 nbsp Dumitru Prunariu nbsp Goliat nbsp nbsp nbsp Russia Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities RoscosmosRoskosmos 25 Feb 1992 nbsp Aleksandr Volkov nbsp Kosmos 2175 nbsp Kosmos 2175 nbsp Soyuz TM 14 nbsp Rwanda Rwanda Space Agency 77 RSA 2021 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Saudi Arabia Saudi Space Agency 78 SSA 1977 KACST SRI 2018 SSC SSA nbsp Sultan Bin Salman nbsp Arabsat 1A nbsp SaudiSat 4 nbsp nbsp Singapore Centre for Remote Imaging Sensing and Processing 79 CRISP 1995 nbsp nbsp ST 1 nbsp nbsp nbsp South Africa South African National Space Agency 80 SANSA 9 Dec 2010 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Soviet Union Soviet space program SSSRKosmicheskaya programma 1955disbanded 25 Dec 1991 nbsp Yuri Gagarin nbsp Sputnik 1 nbsp Sputnik 1 nbsp Korabl Sputnik 2 nbsp Spain Agencia Espacial Espanola 81 82 83 AEE 2023 nbsp Pedro Duque nbsp Hispasat 1A nbsp Intasat nbsp nbsp Sweden Swedish National Space Agency 84 SNSA 1972 nbsp Christer Fuglesang nbsp Viking nbsp nbsp nbsp Switzerland Swiss Space Office 85 86 SSO 1998 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Syria Syrian Space Agency 87 88 89 90 SSA 18 Mar 2014 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Taiwan Taiwan Space Agency 91 TASA 3 Oct 1991 nbsp nbsp ST 1 nbsp Formosat 1 nbsp nbsp Thailand Geo Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency 92 GISTDAsthxph 3 Nov 2000 nbsp nbsp Thaicom 1 nbsp nbsp nbsp Tunisia French Centre national de la cartographie et de la teledetection Arabic المركز الوطني للإستشعار عن بعد National Remote Sensing Center of Tunisia 93 CNCT 1988 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Turkey Turkish Space Agency Turkiye Uzay Ajansi 94 95 96 97 TUA 1985 TUBITAK UZAY 13 Dec 2018 TUA nbsp Alper Gezeravci nbsp Turksat 1A nbsp Gokturk 2 nbsp nbsp Turkmenistan Turkmenistan National Space Agency 98 TNSA 2011 nbsp nbsp TurkmenAlem52E MonacoSAT nbsp nbsp nbsp Ukraine State Space Agency of Ukraine 99 SSAU 2 Mar 1992 nbsp Leonid Kadeniuk nbsp nbsp Sich 1 nbsp nbsp United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Space Agency 100 UAESA 2014 nbsp Hazza Al Mansouri nbsp Thuraya 2 nbsp nbsp nbsp United Kingdom United Kingdom Space Agency 101 UKSA 1 Apr 2010 nbsp Helen Sharman nbsp Ariel 1 nbsp Prospero nbsp nbsp United Nations United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space 102 UNCOPUOS Dec 12 1959 nbsp United Nations United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs 103 UNOOSA 13 Dec 1958 nbsp United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration 104 NASA 29 Jul 1958 nbsp Alan Shepard nbsp Explorer 1 nbsp Explorer 1 nbsp Discoverer 13 nbsp Uzbekistan The Space Research and Technology Agency under the Ministry of Digital Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan 105 Uzbekspace agency 2019 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Venezuela Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities 106 ABAE 1 Jan 2008 nbsp nbsp Venesat 1 nbsp nbsp nbsp Vietnam Vietnam National Space Center Trung tam Vũ trụ Việt Nam 107 TTVTVN or VNSCVAST VNSC 20 Nov 2006 nbsp Phạm Tuan nbsp Vinasat 1 nbsp nbsp List of space agencies with launch capability editThis group of agencies have developed or are developing launch infrastructure including space launch sites suborbital launch technology orbital launch systems and reusable hardware technologies Overview of space agency launch capabilities Country Space agency Demonstrated capability Name Acronym Founded Operates launch site Suborbital launch capable Orbital launch capable Cryogenic rocket engine use Reusable systems use nbsp Argentina Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales 2 CONAE 1961 CNIE 28 May 1991 CONAE nbsp 108 Punta Indio nbsp 109 Orion nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Australia Australian Space Agency 3 4 ASA 1 Jul 2018 nbsp Woomera nbsp 110 Long Tom nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Brazil Brazilian Space Agency 11 12 AEB 10 Feb 1994 nbsp 111 Alcantara nbsp VSB 30 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Canada Canadian Space Agency CSA 1 Mar 1989 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp China China National Space Administration 15 CNSA 22 Apr 1993 nbsp Jiuquan nbsp nbsp Long March 1 nbsp YF 73 nbsp nbsp nbsp Austria nbsp Belgium nbsp Czech Republic nbsp Denmark nbsp Estonia nbsp Finland nbsp France nbsp Germany nbsp Greece nbsp Hungary nbsp Ireland nbsp Italy nbsp Luxembourg nbsp Netherlands nbsp Norway nbsp Portugal nbsp Poland nbsp Romania nbsp Spain nbsp Sweden nbsp Switzerland nbsp United Kingdom European Space Agency ESAASEEWO 30 31 30 May 1975 nbsp Kourou nbsp nbsp Ariane 1 nbsp nbsp nbsp France French Centre National d Etudes Spatiales 33 CNES 19 Dec 1961 nbsp Kourou nbsp Veronique nbsp Diamant A nbsp nbsp nbsp India Indian Space Research Organisation 37 38 39 ISROइसर 15 Aug 1969 nbsp Sriharikota nbsp RH 75 nbsp SLV nbsp CE 20 CE 7 5 nbsp nbsp Iran Iranian Space Agency 112 ISA 2004 nbsp Semnan nbsp Safir nbsp Safir nbsp nbsp nbsp Israel Israel Space Agency 113 ISA סל ה Apr 1983 nbsp Palmachim Airbase nbsp Shavit 2 nbsp Shavit 2 nbsp nbsp nbsp Italy Italian Space Agency 114 ASI 1988 nbsp Salto di Quirra nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Japan Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 46 JAXAジャクサ 1 Oct 2003 nbsp Uchinoura nbsp nbsp Lambda 4S nbsp LE 7 nbsp nbsp North Korea National Aerospace Development Administration KCST 1980s td, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
