United States Government Space Budget
Annual U.S. Space Budget Overviews
2017 – United States Government Space Budget – Snapshot
The United States spent $43.3 billion on space activities in fiscal year (FY) 2017, which ran from October 1, 2016, through September 30, 2017. This was a . . .
Annual U.S. Space Budget Overviews
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2015 – United States Government Space Budget – Snapshot
The United States spent $44.57 billion on space activities in 2015. The majority of this spending, 52.9%, went toward national security space activities within the Department of Defense (DoD) budget.
Economy: Space Economy – TSR 2015
2014 – United States Government Space Budget Overview
The 2014 U.S. space budget was substantially larger than that of any other country. The budget of $## billion was split among 11 agencies and departments, and the budgets allotted to each organization highlighted the priorities of U.S. policies and goals, with the Department of Defense (DoD) and NASA receiving a combined ##% of the budget. Even though NASA’s 2014 allocation experienced a higher growth rate, the DoD budget still exceeded that of NASA by ##%. The U.S. space budget was ##% of the total U.S. national budget in 2014.
Economy: Space Economy – TSR 2014
2013 – United States Government Space Budget Overview
The United States was responsible for ##% of global government space spending in 2013. During fiscal year (FY) 2013, which ran from October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013, U.S. government agency space budgets totaled $## billion, a ##% decrease from 2012. Defense-related space activities, comprised of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), totaled $## billion, or approximately ##% of U.S. government space spending.
Economy: Space Economy – TSR 2013
2012 – United States Government Space Budget Overview
The United States was responsible for ##% of global government space spending in 2012. During FY 2012, which ran from October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012, U.S. government agency space budgets totaled $## billion, a ##% increase from 2011. Defense-related space activities, comprising the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), totaled $## billion, or ##% of U.S. government space spending. The remaining ##% comprised space-related spending by NASA, the Department of Energy (DOE), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Department of the Interior (DOI), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the National Science Foundation (NSF), which collectively budgeted $## billion for space activities.
2011 – United States Government Space Budget Overview – Snapshot
For all of FY 2011, the U.S. government operated under a series of budget measures known as Continuing Resolutions (CRs), culminating in the passage of Public Law 112-10, the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011. A CR is a type of appropriations legislation passed by Congress to fund the government when a formal appropriations bill for the next fiscal year has not been passed and signed into law by the close of the preceding government fiscal year. Generally, a CR provides funding for existing government programs at the prior year’s funding level or at a reduction.