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Infrastructure: Human Spaceflight – TSRQ3 2020
Introduction | Since Yuri Gagarin’s orbital flight around the Earth in April 1961, humans in pioneering new technologies and pushing the limits of what’s considered possible. This year ushered in… Education STEM Proficiency– TSRQ3 2019
The science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce is at the core of the space industry—from the mathematicians and astronomers who analyze space to the engineers who design and build…
Economy: Non-U.S. Government Space Investment – TSRQ2 2019
Introduction | Growth in the government investment sector of the space economy outpaced commercial sectors as the U.S. and non-U.S. government shares of the global space economy between 2017 and…
Infrastructure: Spacecraft Overview – TSRQ1 2019
As of March 6, 2019, information was available about 38 nations that deployed and operated 465 spacecraft during 2018. The number of nations operating spacecraft grew 10% from [caption id="attachment_9477"… Economy: Space Economy – TSRQ4 2017
Introduction | The global space industry grew 7.4% in 2017, reaching a total of $383.5 billion. This continues a broad upward trend that spans more than a decade. Traditional sectors… 2017 – South Korean Government Space Budget – Snapshot
The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) had a 2017 budget of 659.3 billion won (US$576.0 million), a decrease of 13% from its 2016 budget of 746.4 billion won (US$646.7 million).[efn_note]“Moon…
2017 – Government Space Budgets – Snapshot
The space investments of governments continue to shift on the basis of national priorities and politics. U.S. space spending decreased slightly, continuing a trend that began in 2016. Meanwhile, India,…
Economy: Space Economy – TSR 2017
Introduction | The global space industry continued to grow in 2016, reaching a total of $329.3 billion. This was slightly higher than the previous record of $328.8 billion in 2014,… 2014 – South Korean Government Space Budget
South Korea’s civil space program is overseen by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning (MSIP). The Ministry also drafts, authorizes, and coordinates national space policy and has regulatory…
2014 – Government Space Budgets Overview
On a global level, government investment in space increased #% to $## billion. Because not all governments operate under the same fiscal cycle, space spending numbers were derived from the…