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2013 – German Government Space Budget
The Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Germany’s national space agency, oversaw an authorized space-related budget of €## million (US$## million) in 2013, excluding contributions made to ESA. This represents an increase of ##% from 2012. In addition to DLR-only spending, Germany made €## million (US$## billion) in ESA contributions in 2013. Combined, the DLR authorization and ESA contribution totaled €## billion (US$## billion), representing approximately ##% of Germany’s 2013 budget of €## billion ($## billion).
2013 – French Government Space Budget
France’s space agency, the Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), operated on an authorized government budget of €## million (US$## million) in 2013, excluding contributions made to ESA and EUMETSAT. This represented a ##% decrease from the 2012 budget of €## million (US$## million). CNES budgets are divided into two financial programs. Program 191 covers dual-use civil and military space programs and is funded through the French defense ministry. Program 193 covers civil space programs, including ESA and EUMETSAT contributions, and is funded through the French research ministry.
2013 – EUMETSAT Space Budget
EUMETSAT, which operates a pan-European system of meteorological satellites, operated with a 2013 budget of €## million (US$## million), a decrease of ##% from 2012 spending. A significant portion of EUMETSAT activities are carried out in conjunction with ESA. Under the terms of the agreement between the two agencies, ESA is responsible for the development of the space segment of EUMETSAT programs, while EUMETSAT is responsible for launch procurement, ground segment, and mission operations.
2013 – European Space Agency Budget
ESA operated with a 2013 budget of €## billion (US$## billion), a ##% increase from the 2012 budget of €## billion (US$## billion). As in the prior three years, the largest three ESA funding line items were Earth observation activities at ##%, navigation activities at ##%, and activities related to the Ariane and Vega launch vehicles at ##% of the budget. The budgetary contributions from new member states Poland and Romania, along with increases in ESA contributions from Italy and the United Kingdom (UK), are the primary source of the increase in the ESA budget.
2013 – European Commission Space Budget
The 2013 EC Budget included €## million (US$## billion) in appropriations for payments on space-related programs. This represented approximately ##% of the EU’s €## billion (US$## billion) 2013 budget and was approximately a ##% increase from the 2012 space budget of €## million (US$## billion). The majority of the EC’s space budget is executed in cooperation with ESA, with funds transferred from the EC to ESA in each year. In 2013, €## million (US$## million) in EC space funding was transferred to ESA, representing ##% of the year’s EC space budget.[
2013 – Chinese Government Space Budget
Officially, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) sets overall guidance and policy for the entire space program. However, the CNSA is not the executing agency for China’s space program, nor do many China watchers believe that it sets top-level policy direction, acting instead more as a central contact point for non-Chinese entities interested in China’s official space efforts. Space activities in the country are executed by a variety of organizations, from the Chinese Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
2013 – Canadian Government Space Budget
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) received an FY 2013 budget appropriation of C$## million (US$## million). This figure included Canada’s planned C$## million (US$## million) FY 2013 contribution to the European Space Agency (ESA). The CSA-only budget, excluding ESA contributions, of C$## million (US$## million) represented a ##% increase from the previous year’s C$## million (US$## million).
2013 – Brazilian Government Space Budget
Brazil’s 2013 Federal Budget authorized ## million reais (US$## million) in funding for civil space activities. This represents a decrease of ##% from the implemented budget for civil space activities in 2012. The Brazilian space agency, Agência Espacial Brasileira (AEB), received an authorized funding level of ## million reais (US$## million) in 2013. The Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação, the AEB’s parent organization, received an additional authorization of ## million reais (US$## million) intended to support the joint Brazil-Ukraine Alcântara Cyclone Space (ACS) launch vehicle development program.
2013 – U.S. National Security Space Budgets
Global military space spending is significant, but difficult to quantify, as many countries do not substantially distinguish between military and civil space programs. Also, information on many aspects of military space spending is not publicly available, especially for sensitive programs such as spy satellites. Despite these challenges, military space spending is estimated using a methodology that combines public data with estimates for areas where data is not available. For example, total U.S. military space spending in fiscal year 2013 is calculated by applying the growth in identifiable DoD unclassified military space programs to the FY 2012 total DoD space spending figure.
2013 – U.S. Civil Space Budgets
The U.S. government operated in a constrained fiscal environment in FY 2013, culminating in a 16-day partial shutdown of the federal government at the onset of FY 2014, due to a lapse in budget appropriations. No FY 2013 appropriations bills passed the U.S. Congress. Instead, agencies were funded under a series of Continuing Resolutions (CR) limiting funding to the amounts spent during the prior year. In addition, agency budgets were reduced by a mandatory percentage, known as the sequester, under the Budget Control Act of 2011. The combination of the sequester and the CR-level funding resulted in an approximately ##% reduction in the NASA budget in FY 2013 as compared to FY 2012. NASA operated with a budget of $## billion in FY 2013.