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Snapshot (546)
Infrastructure (601)
- Satellites (47)
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- Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Satellites (98)
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  - Japanese PNT Satellites (QZSS) (18)
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  - Indian PNT Satellites (NavIC) (17)
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  - PNT Satellite Numbers Through the Years (11)
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- Communications Satellites (61)
  - Satellite Design (27)
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      - U.S. Payload Launches (15)
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      - Indian Payload Launches (14)
      - Other Payload Launches (11)
  - Human Space Launch (66)
    - Suborbital (23)
      - U.S. Human Suborbital Launch (11)
      - Human Suborbital Launches from Other Countries (4)
    - Orbital Human Space Launch (47)
      - U.S. Human Space Launch (17)
      - Russian Human Space Launch (14)
      - Chinese Human Space Launch (12)
      - Human Space Launch From Other Countries (7)
      - Annual Orbital Human Space Launch Overviews (6)
  - Launch Support (59)
    - Spaceports (57)
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      - European Spaceports (7)
      - Indian Spaceports (7)
      - Other Country Spaceports (7)
      - Japanese Spaceports (6)
  - Current Launch Activity Lists (12)
- Space Situational Awareness Satellites (44)
  - Ground Components (19)
  - Orbits (21)
    - Space Situational Awareness Activities of Other Countries (12)
    - U.S. Space Situational Awareness Activities (11)
- Planetary Science (27)
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  - Orbits (2)
- Human Activities in Space (51)
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    - China (14)
    - Space Station Deployments Log (5)
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- Annual Infrastructure Overviews (11)
- Solar Science (12)
  - Orbital Systems (4)
  - Ground Facilities (3)
- Missile Detection Satellites (21)
  - U.S. Missile Detection and Defense (13)
  - Other Countries with Missile Detection and Defense (4)
- Astrophysics (5)
Space Products and Services (460)
- Science, Biotechnology, and Health Care (83)
- Transportation, Logistics, and Manufacturing (80)
- Governance, Education, and Infrastructure (78)
- Energy, Resources, and Environmental Management (77)
- Travel, Lifestyle, and Entertainment (68)
- Homeland Security, Defense, and Intelligence (56)
- Retail, Finance, and Corporate Services (43)
- Featured Stories (28)
- Annual Overviews (20)
- Interactions Between Space and Non-Space (15)
- Space Technology Hall of Fame and Space Certification (15)
Workforce (152)
- U.S. Space Workforce (101)
  - U.S. Space Industry Employment (45)
  - NASA Civil Servant Workforce (24)
    - NASA Demographics (12)
    - Geographical Distribution (12)
  - U.S. National Security Workforce (21)
    - U.S Army Space Workforce (12)
  - Official U.S. Workforce Statistics (18)
    - Space Salaries (10)
- Other Space Employment (21)
- European Space Workforce (29)
  - European Space Industry Employment (17)
  - European Space Agency Employment (13)
- Japanese Space Workforce (30)
  - Japanese Space Industry Employment (18)
  - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Employment (15)
Economy (419)
- Commercial Infrastructure and Support Industries (102)
  - Satellite Manufacturing (23)
  - Annual Infrastructure and Industries Overviews (20)
  - Ground Stations and Receivers (19)
  - Launch Industry (19)
  - Commercial Human Spaceflight (19)
  - Space Stations (17)
  - Space Insurance (16)
- Annual Economy Overviews (20)
- Commercial Space Products and Services (88)
  - Earth Observation (21)
  - Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Services (20)
  - Annual Products and Services Overviews (20)
  - Satellite Communications (19)
  - Broadcasting (32)
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    - Satellite Radio (11)
- Government Space Budgets (242)
  - Annual Government Space Budgets Global Overview (22)
  - Chinese Government Space Budget (21)
  - Japanese Government Space Budget (21)
  - Brazilian Government Space Budget (20)
  - Canadian Government Space Budget (20)
  - Indian Government Space Budget (20)
  - Russian Government Space Budget (19)
  - South Korean Government Space Budget (19)
  - Israeli Government Space Budget (18)
  - Additional Country Space Budgets (17)
  - United States Government Space Budget (53)
    - U.S. Civil Space Budgets (19)
    - Annual U.S. Space Budget Overviews (17)
    - U.S. National Security Space Budgets (17)
    - U.S. Research and Development Funding (7)
  - European Cooperative Organization and Government Space Budgets (94)
    - German Government Space Budget (20)
    - European Space Agency Budget (19)
    - Italian Government Space Budget (19)
    - United Kingdom Government Space Budget (19)
    - French Government Space Budget (18)
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    - European Commission Space Budget (17)
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    - Annual European Cooperative Organization and Government Space Budgets Overviews (12)
    - European Military Space Budgets (8)
- Venture Capital and Investment (3)
- New Nations (2)
Education (45)
- Top-level trends (8)
- Post-secondary STEM Education (18)
  - U.S. Trends (14)
    - U.S. Demographics (9)
- Primary and Secondary STEM Education (19)
  - Global Trends (10)
    - PISA (4)
    - TIMSS (3)
  - U.S. Trends (8)
    - NAEP (6)
Perspective (33)
- 2008 – Perspective (7)
- 2009 – Perspective (5)
- 2012 – Perspective (5)
- 2010 – Perspective (4)
- 2011 – Perspective (4)
- 2013 – Perspective (4)
- 2018 – Perspective (2)
- 2007 – Perspective (1)
Appendix (144)
- Charts and Graphs (133)
- Launch Log and Associated Payloads (17)
- Methodology (8)
- Download The Space Report (1)
Japanese Orbital Launch Service Providers (6)
- Orbital launch service provider: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) (3)
Insights (4)
Space Policy (3)
European Orbital Launch Service Providers (2)
- Orbital launch service provider: Arianespace (1)
Indian Orbital Launch Service Providers (1)
- Orbital launch service provider: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) (1)
2014 – Perspective (1)
Nation in Review (1)

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