Canada
2017 – Canadian Government Space Budget
The Canadian government allocated the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) C$## million (US$## million) in FY 2017-18... The Canadian government allocated the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) C$394.7 million (US$304.0 million) in…
2017 – Government Space Budgets Overview
The space investments of governments continue to shift on the basis of national priorities and politics... The space investments of governments continue to shift on the basis of national priorities…
2016 – Government Space Budgets Overview
Total global government space budgets in 2016 were $## billion, a ##% decrease from $## billion in 2015. Total global government space budgets in 2016 were $76.425 billion, a 0.3%…
2017 – Sounding Rockets
NASA’s Sounding Rockets Program Office (SRPO) uses sounding rockets as training tools for engineers and scientists, as well as for educating future engineers and scientists. The program provides... NASA’s Sounding…
Commercial Space-Based Monitoring of Industrial Emissions
A satellite the size of a cinder block is measuring carbon dioxide and methane released from dams, landfills, power plants, farming and more. GHGSat-D (Greenhouse Gas Satellite Demonstrator—also... A satellite…
2015 – Canadian Government Space Budget
In FY 2015, which extends from April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) budget was C$## (US$## million). This is an increase of ##% over...…
2015 – Government Space Budgets Overview
Total global government space budgets in 2015 were $## billion, a ##% decrease from $## billion in 2014. More than half of this spending was in the United States, which…
2015 – Satellite Communications
Operators of communication satellites lease satellite capacity to satellite broadcasting companies, making the provision of these services possible. For example, DISH Network accounted for nearly a third of Hughes Network’s…
2016 – Canada: Sapphire and NEOSSat
Two low Earth orbiting Canadian satellites, Sapphire and NEOSSat, provided spaceborne space situational awareness (SSA) for Canada during 2016. While they are both SSA satellites, they fulfill different SSA missions.…
2016 – ISS
During 2016, the International Space Station (ISS) continued to be the primary inhabited space laboratory orbiting the Earth. An international contingent of scientists, engineers, and researchers used the ISS for…