List of government space agencies

This is a list of government agencies engaged in activities related to outer space and space exploration.

As of 2015, 70 different government space agencies are in existence; 13 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 four currently operating government space agencies in the world - The ISRO,the NASA, the RFSA and the CNSA - are capable of human spaceflight.

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.

Capabilities of the space agencies

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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 Satellites
  Operates Space Station + Manned Space Flight + Operates Extraterrestrial Probes + Launch Capability + Operates Satellites
  Manned Space Flight + Operates Extraterrestrial Probes + Launch Capability + Operates Satellites
  Operates Extraterrestrial Probes + Launch Capability + Operates Satellites
  Launch Capability + Operates Satellites
  None Of The Above
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
Belarus Space Agency  Belarus 2010  No No Yes No [1]
Spanish: Asociación Centroamericana de Aeronáutica y el Espacio
(Central American Association for Aeronautics and Space)
ACAE  Costa Rica 2010  No Yes No No [2]
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 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
(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 [3][4]
Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Milli Aerokosmik Agentliyinin
(Azerbaijan National Aerospace Agency)( Azerbaijan National Aerospace Agency 1974–2013 AzerCosmos[5])
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 [6]
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 [7]
Spanish: Agencia Bolivariana para Actividades Espaciales
(Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities)
ABAE  Venezuela 1 January 2008  No Yes No No [8]
Portuguese: Agência Espacial Brasileira
(Brazilian Space Agency)
AEB  Brazil 10 February 1994  Yes Yes Yes[9] No [10]
UK Space Agency UKSA  United Kingdom 1 April 2010  Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bolivian Space Agency
ABE  Bolivia 2012  No Yes No No [11][12][13]
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 [14]
Canadian Space Agency
French: Agence spatiale canadienne
CSA
ASC
 Canada 1 March 1989  Yes Yes Yes No [15]
China National Space Administration
(Chinese: 国家航天局)
CNSA  People's Republic of China 22 April 1993  Yes Yes Yes Yes [16]
Spanish: Comisión Colombiana del Espacio
(Colombian Space Commission)
CCE  Colombia 18 July 2006  Yes Yes No No [17]
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 [18]
Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems CCSDS 1982  No No No No  
Committee on Space Research COSPAR 1958  No No No No [19][20][21]
Croatian: Hrvatska svemirska agencija
(Croatian Space Agency)
HSA
CSA
 Croatia October 2002  No No No No [22]
Czech: Ministerstvo dopravy České republiky
(Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic - Space Technologies and Satellite Systems Department[23])

Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic
 Czech Republic 2003  No No No No [23]
Danish: Danmarks Rumcenter
(Danish National Space Center)
DRC
DNSC
 Denmark 1 January
1968
31 December
2006
Yes No No No
Danish: Dansk Rumforskningsinstitut
(Danish Space Research Institute)
DRKI
DSRI
 Denmark 1 January
2005
31 December
2006
No Yes No No
Danish: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet – Institut for Rumforskning og -teknologi
(Technical University of Denmark – National Space Institute)
DTU Space  Denmark 1 January
2006
 Yes Yes No No [24]
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
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
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 No [38]
National Space Agency (KazCosmos);
Kazakh Space Research Institute
NSA (KazCosmos);
SRI
 Kazakhstan 1991  Yes Yes No No  
Korean Committee of Space Technology
(Korean: 조선우주공간기술위원회)
KCST  North Korea 1980s 2013 No Yes Yes No [39][40][41]
National Aerospace Development Administration
(Korean: 국가우주개발국)
NADA  North Korea 2013  No Yes Yes No [42]
Korea Aerospace Research Institute
(Korean: 한국항공우주연구원)
KARI  South Korea 10 October 1989  Yes Yes Yes No
Lithuanian Space Association LSA  Lithuania 2007  No Yes No No [43]
Malaysian National Space Agency
(Malay: Agensi Angkasa Negara)
ANGKASA  Malaysia 2002  Yes Yes No No [44]
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA  United States 1 October 1958  Yes Yes Yes Yes [45]
National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences
(Arabic: الهيئة العامة للاستشعار عن بعد وعلوم الفضاء )
NARSS  Egypt 1994  No Yes No No [46]
French: Centre National d’Études Spatiales
(National Center of Space Research)
CNES  France 19 December 1961  Yes Yes Yes No [47]
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 [48][49]
Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales
(National Space Activities Commission)
CONAE  Argentina 28 May 1991  No Yes Yes No [48]
Indonesian: Lembaga Antariksa dan Penerbangan Nasional
(National Institute of Aeronautics and Space)
LAPAN  Indonesia 27 November 1964  Yes Yes Yes No
National Remote Sensing Center of Mongolia NRSC  Mongolia 1987  No No No No [50]
French: Centre national de la cartographie et de la 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 [51]
Ukrainian: Національне космічне агентство України
(National Space Agency of Ukraine)
НКАУ
NSAU
 Ukraine 2 March 1992  Yes Yes Yes No
National Space Organization
(Chinese: 國家太空中心)
NSPO  Taiwan October 1991  No Yes Yes No [52]
National Space Research and Development Agency NASRDA  Nigeria 1998  No Yes No No
Dutch: Stichting Ruimteonderzoek Nederland
(Netherlands Institute for Space Research)
SRON  Netherlands 1983  Yes Yes No No
Norwegian: Norsk Romsenter
(Norwegian Space Centre)
NRS
NSC
 Norway 1987  No Yes Yes No [53]
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
Portuguese: Gabinete do Espaço da FCT
(FCT Space Office)
[54]
FCT SO
 Portugal 2009  No No No No  
Romanian: Agenţia Spaţială Română
(Romanian Space Agency)
ASR
ROSA
 Romania 1991  Yes Yes No No
former Egypt Remote Sensing Center EASRT-RSC  Egypt 1971 1994 No No No No [46]
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
Sri Lanka Space Agency SLSA  Sri Lanka 2010 (Proposed)  No Yes No No [55]
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
Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization SPARRSO  Bangladesh 1980  No No No No [56]
Polish: Polska Agencja Kosmiczna POLSA
(Polish Space Agency)
POLSA
POLSA
 Poland 2014  Yes Yes No No
South African National Space Agency SANSA  South Africa 9 December 2010  No No No No [57]
Space Research Institute of Saudi Arabia
(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 [58]
Swedish: Rymdstyrelsen
(Swedish National Space Board)
SNSB  Sweden 1972  Yes Yes Yes No
Swiss Space Office SSO   Switzerland    No No No No
Turkmenistan National Space Agency  Turkmenistan 2011  No No No No [59]
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs UNOOSA  United Nations 13 December 1958           [60]
United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space UNCOPUOS 12 December 1959            
Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre MBRSC United Arab Emirates 6 February 2006 _ No Yes No No

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 & Deployed Cryogenic Rocket Engines 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 Yes [16]
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
Italian Space Agency
(Italian: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana)
ASI  Italy 1988  Yes Yes No No No [61]
Korean Committee of Space Technology
(Korean: 조선우주공간기술위원회)
(Hanja: 朝鮮宇宙空間技術委員會)
KCST  North Korea 1980s  Yes No No No No
Korea Aerospace Research Institute
(Korean: 한국항공우주연구원)
(Hanja: 韓國航空宇宙硏究院)
KARI
항우연
 South Korea October 1989  Yes No No No No
Indian Space Research Organisation
(Hindi: भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन)
ISRO
इसरो
 India 15 August 1969  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [62]
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 [45]
French: Centre National d’Études Spatiales
(National Center of Space Research)
CNES  France 19 December 1961  Yes Yes Yes No No [47]
Ukrainian: Національне космічне агентство України
(National Space Agency of Ukraine)
НКАУ
NSAU
 Ukraine 2 March 1992  Yes Yes No No No
Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство
(Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos))
ROSCOSMOS
RFSA
 Russia ca. 1992  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Russian: Советская космическая программа
(Soviet space program)
СССР  Soviet Union ca. 1955 ca. 1991 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

List of space agencies with human spaceflight capability

Space agency Country Founded Terminated Accomplished tasks by 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 [16][63]
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA  United States 1 October 1958  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [45]
Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство
(Russian Federal Space Agency)
ROSCOSMOS
RFSA
 Russia ca. 1992  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [64]
Russian: Советская космическая программа
(Soviet space program)
СССР  Soviet Union ca. 1955 ca. 1991 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [64]

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 YesYes No No
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA  United States 1 October 1958  Yes Yes No[65] No[66] Yes [45]
Russian: Советская космическая программа
(Soviet space program)
СССР  Soviet Union ca. 1955 ca. 1991 No YesYes[67] Yes[68][69] No [70]

Expected and proposed future space agencies

Space agency Country Possible expected date of foundation Current status Ref(s)
Name Acronym
Pan-Arab Space Agency
PASA Arab League Arab League At proposal stage [71]
African Space Agency AfriSpace African Union At proposal stage [72][73][74][75]
South American Space Agency South America At proposal stage [76]
Philippine Space Agency PSA  Philippines At proposal stage [77]
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. [78][79]

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.[80][81] 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.

Budgets of different space agencies.
Agency (country/region) Budget (in millions of US $)
NASA (USA)
19,300
Roscosmos (Russia)
5,600
ESA (Europe)
5,510
CNES (France)
2,500
JAXA (Japan)
2,460
DLR (Germany)
2,000
ASI (Italy)
1,800
CNSA (China)
1,780
ISRO (India)
1,200
CSA (Canada)
488.7
UKSA (UK)
414
KARI (South Korea)
366
SSAU (Ukraine)
250
CoNAE (Argentina)
180
ISA and ISRC (Iran)
139
INTA (Spain)
135
NSO (Netherlands)
110
SNSB (Sweden)
100
AEB (Brazil)
100
SUPARCO (Pakistan)
82
SANSA (South Africa)
11.8
SSO (Switzerland)
10
AEM (Mexico)
8.34
Country/
region
Agency Budget
(in millions of US $)
Year
 United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration 17,800[82] FY 2012
 Russia Russian Federal Space Agency 5,600[83] 2013
European Space Agency 5,510[84] 2013
 Japan Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 2,460[85] FY 2010
 France French Space Agency 2,170[86] 2014
 Germany German Aerospace Center 2,000[87] 2010
 Italy Italian Space Agency 1,800[88] 2014
 China China National Space Administration 1,300 (Euroconsult) [89]
500 (official)
 India Indian Space Research Organisation 1,200[90] 2015-16
 Canada Canadian Space Agency 488.7[91]
 United Kingdom UK Space Agency 414[92]
 South Korea Korea Aerospace Research Institute 366[93] FY 2007
 Ukraine State Space Agency of Ukraine 250[94]
 Argentina Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales 180[95] 2016
 Iran Iranian Space Agency and Iranian Space Research Center 72 + 67 = 139[96] 2014-15
 Spain Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial 135[97] 2009
 Netherlands Netherlands Space Office 110[98]
 Sweden Swedish National Space Board 100[99] 2011
 Brazil Brazilian Space Agency 100/R$ 299[100] 2015
 Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission 75.1[101] 2010-11
 South Africa South African National Space Agency 11.8[102] 2014-15
  Switzerland Swiss Space Office 10[103]
 Mexico Mexican Space Agency 8.34[104]
  World All space agencies (Total of listed budgets) About 41,800

World maps

See also

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