2012
Commercial Infrastructure and Support Industries, 2005-2020
Commercial Infrastructure and Support Industries, 2005-2020 Specifically amounts in Billions of U.S. dollars for commercial satellite manufacturing, and launch industry, as well as ground stations and equipment.
NASA Civil Servant Workforce, 2012-2022
NASA’s civil service workforce has grown gradually in recent years, contributing to an increase in U.S. space employment.
U.S. Space Industry Core Employment, 2011-2021
Core employment in 5 key space sectors continued to grow in 2021. These employment levels do not reflect all employment in the U.S. space industry, but rather, track employment in key sectors most closely associated with U.S. space employment.
Market Annual Premiums and Claims, 2000 to 2021
Space insurance claims in 2021 fell to one of the lowest levels in the past two decades.
KARI Annual Expenditure (millions USD), 2010-2020
South Korea is intent on building its space program, as this look at its national space agency budget reflects.
Total Orbital Launch Attempts by China and U.S., 2012-2021
From 2012 to 2021, as China’s space program has matured, it has traded dominance with the United States on annual orbital launch attempts.
Successful Orbital Launches, 1957-2021
From the days of Sputnik to SpaceX, this chart tracks launch attempts and successful launches.
JAXA Workforce, 2010-2020
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) employed 1,558 people in 2020, approximately the same number as in 2019. Engineers and researchers account for 70.1% of this total.
European Space Industry Employment, 2010-2020
The European space workforce included 50,388 workers in 2020, an increase of 3.3% from the 48,766 workers in 2019. The largest increases were seen in . . .
Japanese Space Industry Employment, 2009-2019
According to the Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies, the Japanese space workforce included 8,725 workers in 2019. . . More than 70% of these workers are in the space vehicle sector. While this sector decreased 1.9% from 2018 to 2019, it remains nearly 10% larger than it was five years ago.