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2011 – Ground Stations and Receivers Snapshot

The ground equipment market totaled an estimated $## billion in 2011, a ##% increase compared to $## billion for 2010. Ground equipment includes all Earth-based infrastructure and technology necessary to…

2011 – Israeli Government Space Budget – Snapshot

Israel’s civil space budget remains small, estimated at ## million New Israeli Shekels (NIS) (US$## million) in 2011. This accounts for roughly ##% of the country’s 2011 national budget of ## billion NIS (US$## billion).

2011 – Space Stations – Snapshot

The ISS reached core completion in 2011. The largest funding contributor to the ISS, NASA, received $## billion for the ISS in fiscal year (FY) 2011, compared to $## billion in actual spending during FY 2010. During 2011, the final ## flights of the Space Shuttle occurred. Those flights delivered cargo, crew, the Permanent Multipurpose Module, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, and the Robotic Refueling Mission testbed to the ISS.

2011 – U.S. Space Surveillance Network – Snapshot

A series of SSN upgrades are underway. In 2011, a DARPA-funded space surveillance telescope underwent testing. After nine years of development, the new telescope, located at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, is capable of capturing wide-field views of objects in GEO orbit. While the SSN uses radar signals to track objects in LEO, distant objects in GEO orbits are tracked by optical systems such as the DARPA telescope at White Sands and other telescopes in Hawaii; Socorro, New Mexico; and the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

2011 – Satellite Manufacturing – Snapshot

In 2011, a total of ## satellites—of which 40 were commercial—were launched into space, an increase of #% from the ## satellites launched in 2010. This total includes most spacecraft but excludes missions to the ISS or short-term technology demonstration missions. The ## satellites represented approximately $## billion in manufacturing revenue, compared to the 2010 total of $## billion. During the past five years, the number of satellites in each mass class has remained relatively consistent.

2011 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Employment – Snapshot

Within JAXA, 77% of employees were in technical positions as of April 2011. These included 804 engineers who comprised 52% of the JAXA workforce, along with 251 researchers and 142 education specialists. The remaining 350 JAXA employees worked in administration.

2011 – Launch Industry – Snapshot

In 2011, ## launches were attempted carrying ## payloads, including satellites, interplanetary probes, and flights to the International Space Station (ISS). Compared to the 2010 total of ## launches, this represents a ##% increase in launch rate.

2011 – Russian Space Station – Snapshot

In June 2009, Roscosmos informed the United States of its intention to develop an orbital research facility by the time the ISS is retired. This complex would be known as the Orbital Piloted Assembly and Experiment Complex (OPSEK). The Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module and Node Module are expected to dock with the ISS in 2012, but whenever the decommissioning of the ISS occurs, Roscosmos intends to detach those modules to use as the basis for OPSEK.

2011 – Indian Government Space Budget – Snapshot

For FY 2011, covering April 2011 to March 2012, the combined budgets of India’s Department of Space (DOS)—which includes funding for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Ministry of Earth Sciences’ Satellite Services program—totaled ## billion rupees (US$## billion), an increase of ##% from the amount planned in the previous fiscal year.[

2011 – Commercial Infrastructure and Support Industries Snapshot

Revenue for commercial space infrastructure, which includes satellite manufacturing, launch services, space stations, ground stations, and associated equipment, totaled $## billion in 2011. Information regarding government spending on space infrastructure can be found in the Government Space Budgets section.