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2017 – Japanese Government Space Budget – Snapshot

Since 2010, the Japanese government has been increasing the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) supplemental budget and decreasing . . .

2017 – Russian Government Space Budget – Snapshot

Economic 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 . . .

2017 – Indian Government Space Budget – Snapshot

Indian 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).

2017 – Sounding Rockets – Snapshot

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 . . .

2017 – Suborbital Payload Launch – Snapshot

Compared 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…

2017 – U.S. Army Space Workforce – Snapshot

The 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 . . .

2017 – Iran launches Simorgh – Snapshot

In 2017, Iran was the only other nation to attempt an orbital launch. Iran conducted a single test launch of . . .

2017 – Chinese Government Space Budget – Snapshot

The Chinese space budget is not publicly available. However, Chinese capabilities and space projects provide indicators for informed estimates of the nation’s space budget…

2017 – Launch Industry – Snapshot

In 2017, there were 91 launch attempts, 85 of which were successful. Launches procured by commercial satellite operators accounted for . . .

2017 – Canadian Government Space Budget – Snapshot

The Canadian government allocated the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) C$394.7 million (US$304.0 million) in FY 2017-18 . . .