Russia
2017 – Government Space Budgets Overview
The space investments of governments continue to shift on the basis of national priorities and politics... The space investments of governments continue to shift on the basis of national priorities…
2016 – Government Space Budgets Overview *
Total global government space budgets in 2016 were $76.425 billion, a 0.3% decrease from $76.688 billion in 2015. More than half of this spending was in the United States, which…
Hearts in Space
Determining heart rate variability (HRV) during the daily life of an astronaut in orbit was the inspiration for commercial products, such as theJoysys’ ChronoCord. In 1991, an Austrian astronaut wore…
2017 – Launch Industry
In 2017, there were 91 launch attempts, 85 of which were successful. Launches procured by commercial satellite operators accounted for 26 of the attempts, and 25 of the successes –making…
2017 – Russian Spaceports
During 2017, Russia continued operating three orbital launch spaceports within its territory: Dombarovskiy, Plesetsk, and Vostochny. A fourth spaceport, Baikonur Cosmodrome, is Russia’s primary orbital launch site and is located…
2017 – Spaceports Overview
Given the 91 orbital launch attempts worldwide, it is clear that spaceports were busy in 2017. This activity was distributed across 25 active spaceports. In 2016, spaceports in the U.S.…
2017 – Military Satellites
National security drives national efforts to acquire and operate military satellites. While there some exceptions, most military satellites have very similar capabilities as their commercial... National security drives national efforts…
2017 – GLONASS
Russia’s share of operational PNT satellites increased from 21% in 2016 to 26% in 2017. Operating the Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), the nation was tied with China in overall…
2016 – Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Systems
As the world’s population continued integrating space positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) technologies and services, the number of PNT satellites continued to multiply in 2016, growing slightly more than 12%…
2017 – ISS
The International Space Station (ISS) continued to be an active inhabited space laboratory during 2017. International teams of engineers, researchers, and scientists... The International Space Station (ISS) continued to be…