Browse Resources by Year
Since 2010, the Japanese government has been increasing the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) supplemental budget and decreasing . . .
Read MoreEconomic and political uncertainty in Russia affected funding levels of the Russian space program. Russia allocated 92.5 billion rubles (US$1.5 billion) for space activities . . .
Read MoreIndian space activities are coordinated through the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The ISRO FY 2017-2018 budget, spanning April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018, increased 12% over FY 2016-2017, from 80.45 billion rupees (US$1.25 billion) to 91.56 billion rupees (US$1.42 billion).
Read MoreNASA’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 . . .
Read MoreCompared to suborbital payload launch activities the previous year, 2017 was a relatively quiet year. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) continued work with its…
Read MoreThe U.S. Army maintains a sizeable force of soldiers and civilians with training and experience in the space domain, with 4,948 space cadre billets in FY 2018. This was an increase of . . .
Read MoreIn 2017, Iran was the only other nation to attempt an orbital launch. Iran conducted a single test launch of . . .
Read MoreThe Chinese space budget is not publicly available. However, Chinese capabilities and space projects provide indicators for informed estimates of the nation’s space budget…
Read MoreIn 2017, there were 91 launch attempts, 85 of which were successful. Launches procured by commercial satellite operators accounted for . . .
Read MoreThe Canadian government allocated the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) C$394.7 million (US$304.0 million) in FY 2017-18 . . .
Read More