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2012 – Launch Industry

In 2012, ## orbital launches were attempted, carrying ## payloads, including satellites, interplanetary probes, and flights to the International Space Station (ISS). Compared to the 2011 total of ## launch attempts, this represents a #% decrease. Of these ## launches, ## placed their primary payloads into orbit.

2012 – Commercial Infrastructure and Support Industries Overview

Revenue for commercial space infrastructure and support industries, which include satellite manufacturing, launch services, space stations, ground stations, and associated equipment, totaled $## billion in 2012, an increase of ##% from $## billion in 2011. This total does not include government spending on space infrastructure, which is described separately in Government Space Budgets.

2012 – South African Government Space Budget

In FY 2012, which ran from April 1, 2012, to March 31, 2013, the government of South Africa planned to spend an estimated ## million rand (US$## million) on space activities. The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) planned an FY 2012 budget of ## million rand (US$## million). South Africa is also investing in space science elsewhere in its budget. In FY 2012, the Department of Science and Technology planned investment of ## million rand (US$## million) in its space science research program, including ## million rand (US$## million) for the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) program, a large-scale international radio telescope project.

2012 – Mexican Government Space Budget

In calendar year 2012, the government of Mexico allocated a budget of ## million pesos (US$# million) to the Agencia Espacial Mexicana (AEM). The agency was established by law in 2010 and commenced operations in late 2011, so 2012 was the first full year of activity. AEM is a young and growing agency, and its budget is expected to rise to ## million pesos (US$# million) in calendar year 2013.

2012 – Additional Country Space Budgets

Around the globe, many smaller nations—in economy or population size—are investing in space projects or programs. These emerging space states generally feature relatively small-scale investments in space applications linked to specific national socioeconomic development objectives. The exhibit for additional/emerging countries shows the most recent available yearly budget for civil space activities in selected emerging space states. Each country tends to feature a different focus in its space investment portfolio, so care must be taken in making generalizations.

2012 – South Korean Government Space Budget

In calendar year 2012, South Korea spent an estimated ## billion won (US$## million) on civil space, a ##% decrease from the 2011 budget of ## billion won (US$## million). South Korea’s 2012 civil space spending constituted approximately ##% of the country’s ## trillion won (US$## billion) national budget. South Korean civil space activities are carried out primarily by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).

2012 – Russian Government Space Budget

In calendar year 2012, the planned budget for Roscosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency, was ## billion rubles (US$## billion). This was an increase of 30.43% from the previous year’s budget of ## billion rubles (US$## billion) and represented approximately ##% of Russia’s ## trillion-ruble (US$## billion) planned 2012 federal spending. Roscosmos officials said they expected a budget of ## billion rubles (US$## billion) in 2013, and that funding may increase to as much as ## billion rubles (US$## billion) by 2014.

2012 – Japanese Government Space Budget

Japanese space spending is allocated among 11 government ministries, coordinated through the Cabinet Strategic Space Office, which was established in 2012. In FY 2012, which ran from April 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013, Japan allocated ¥## billion (US$## billion) for space programs across the government, excluding the space-related budget allocated to the Ministry of Defense, which totaled ¥## billion (US$## billion).

2012 – Israeli Government Space Budget

In Israel, an increase in the civil space budget was approved in 2012, providing for a ## million New Israeli Shekel (NIS) (US$## million) civil space budget over a three-year period from 2012 to 2014. However, despite the approval, the full budget amount for 2012 has not been released by the Ministry of Finance for spending.

2012 – Indian Government Space Budget

For FY 2012, covering April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013, the combined planned budgets of India’s Department of Space (DOS)—which includes the country’s civil space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)—and the Ministry of Earth Sciences’ Satellite Services program totaled ## billion rupees (US$## billion).