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2020 Global Space Economy Climbs Despite Turbulent Year, Disrupted Government Spending

International successes in space, such as the Hope, Perseverance, and the Zhurong missions to Mars, don’t happen without years of advance government spending. In 2020, as nations struggled to overcome a global pandemic, space spending varied widely across countries and agencies.

2021 TSRQ1: Mars Missions – Snapshot

The first attempts to reach Mars began more than 60 years ago, when the former Soviet Union launched two probes to Mars. Both failed to reach Earth orbit.

2021 TSRQ1 – Nation in Review: India

Introduction | The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has seen tremendous demand for its space services in the past few decades, spurring a necessary transformation to a more comprehensive partnership with the country’s private sector. India’s Launch Activity From 1975 to December 2020, ISRO has launched 111 spacecraft, 103 of which were successful. Since 1999,…