2015
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 – Orbital Human Space Launch – Snapshot
In 2015, Russia was the only nation conducting flights of humans to space and back. While countries such as the United States and China continued with plans for their own human spaceflight programs…
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…
2015 – U.S. Space Workforce – Snapshot
The U.S. space workforce includes commercial, civil, and national security space workers. The commercial and civil workforce continued to decrease in size, with core industry employment dropping 3.2% from 2013 to 2014, a decrease of 7,234 workers.
2015 – Commercial Infrastructure and Support Industries – Snapshot
In 2015, commercial infrastructure and support industries accounted for $120.09 billion, 5.2% less than in 2014. The decrease was almost entirely due to the growing strength of the U.S. dollar.
2015 – Annual Space Situational Awareness – Snapshot
In simplest terms, space situational awareness (SSA) is knowing what is happening, or possibly may happen, in the space around an object or point. For many organizations, such as the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), SSA is decidedly near-Earth focused, encompassing intelligence, surveillance, and…
2015 – Chinese Government Space Budget – Snapshot
China is one of three nations, along with the United States and Russia, capable of launching humans to space, though it has not done so since 2013. China is developing…