Government Space Budgets
European Cooperative Organization and Government Space Budgets
2015 – United Kingdom Government Space Budget – Snapshot
In the 2015/16 fiscal year, which ran from April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016, the United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA) budgeted £370.5 million (US$582.6 million), including…
2015 – Spanish Government Space Budget – Snapshot
Space activities in Spain are coordinated by the Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial (INTA) within the Ministry of Defense. In 2015, INTA received a budget of €138.3 million…
2015 – Italian Government Space Budget – Snapshot
Italy’s space agency, the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), had a budget of €815.4 million (US$909.4 million) in 2015. This is an increase of 28.9% from its €632.8 million (US$866.2 million) budget in 2014.
2015 – German Government Space Budget – Snapshot
Overall, Germany’s spending on space activities in 2015 totaled €1.425 billion (US$1.589 billion), an 8.0% increase from €1.319 billion (US$1.806 billion) in 2014. Germany’s contribution to…
2015 – French Government Space Budget – Snapshot
In 2015, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France’s space agency, had a budget of €2.126 billion (US$2.371 billion). This was a 1.3% decrease from its 2014 budget of €2.153 billion…
2015 – European Space Agency Budget – Snapshot
ESA operated with a 2015 budget of €4.433 billion (US$4.94 billion), an 8% increase from the 2014 budget of €4.102 billion (US$5.62 billion). The growth was primarily due to…
2015 – European Commission Space Budget – Snapshot
A growing share of the European public investment in civil space programs is funded by the European Union under the auspices of its executive body, the European…
Economy: Space Economy – TSR 2015
2014 – United Kingdom Government Space Budget
The United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA) was expected to receive a budget of £## million (US$## million) in 2014, according to planning documents. Of that, £## million (US$## million) went toward the national space program and €## million (US$## million) went to the European Space Agency (ESA). This represented a ##% decrease from last year’s total civil space spending of £## million (US$## million), though the national budget increased by ##% from £## million (US$## million).
2014 – Spanish Government Space Budget
The Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial (INTA), the primary organization responsible for space activities in Spain, received appropriations from Spain’s national budget of €## million (US$## million) in 2014, an increase of ##% over 2013 levels of €## million (US$## million). INTA also receives revenue from its own commercial operations, bringing its total income to more than ## million euros. Spain’s contribution to ESA is not funded through INTA, but through the Center for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI).