France
2017 – French Government Space Budget – Snapshot
The French space agency, the Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), had a 2017 budget of €2.334 billion (US$2.664 billion). This was a 9.2% increase from . . .
2017 – Suborbital Payload Launch – Snapshot
Compared to suborbital payload launch activities the previous year, 2017 was a relatively quiet year. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) continued work with its…
2017 – Government Space Budgets – Snapshot
The space investments of governments continue to shift on the basis of national priorities and politics…
2017 – Communications Satellites – Snapshot
Aggregate revenues in the satellite communications industry have been relatively static over recent years, even as specific markets grew or declined. The 92 communications satellites deployed in…
2017 – Economy: Space Economy
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The global space industry continued to grow in 2016, reaching a total of $329.3 billion. This was slightly higher than the previous record of . . .
2016 – French Government Space Budget
In 2016, the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France’s space agency, had a budget of €2.120 billion (US$2.348 billion). This was a 5.9% increase from its . . .
2016 – Workforce
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The global space industry employs hundreds of thousands of individuals in well-paid cutting-edge technology jobs, and it relies on a pool of highly qualified workers to fill new jobs as they arise. Trends among this workforce, including . . .
2016 – Government Space Budgets – Snapshot
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2016 – Economy: Space Economy
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The global space industry continued to grow in 2015, although currency fluctuations caused the appearance of a slight decline . . .
European Space Industry Workforce by Country 2000 – 2020
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Stacked bar chart showing a twenty-year look at the European space industry workforce by country 2000 – 2020