European Multinational Efforts
2017 – Infrastructure: Space Infrastructure
Launching people and satellites into orbit, providing directions to tourists, and warning residents on the Pacific Rim of an impending hurricane…all of these activities require infrastructure, the spine of . . .
2017 TSRQ1 – Space Products & Innovation
Space continued to change the way people did business on Earth during 2016. The public’s increased demands for space products and services attracted growing investments and activities in space. Services providing meaningful and relevant satellite data in compressed time frames garnered attention from businesses, both inside and outside the space industry. The aggregation of data from . . .
2017 – Workforce: Space Workforce
The global space industry relies on a highly qualified workforce. Understanding the trends in this workforce, including changes in size and demographics, provides insight into the overall health of the industry. Although workforce data . . .
2016 – Space Situational Awareness
With more business and investment in space infrastructure and services, many discussions, studies, and opportunities surrounding space situational awareness (SSA) occurred during 2016. Knowing what might happen or is happening around specific objects in space, such as satellites and space stations, is a key capability for many…
2016 – United Kingdom Government Space Budget
In the 2016-17 fiscal year, which ran from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017, the United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA) budgeted £370.98 million (US$491.67 million), including. . .
2016 – Spanish Government Space Budget
Space activities in Spain are coordinated by the Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial (INTA) within the Ministry of Defense. In 2016, INTA received a budget of €137.4 million . . .
2016 – Italian Government Space Budget
Italy’s space agency, the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), had a budget of €769.0 million (US$851.8 million) . . .
2016 – German Government Space Budget
Overall, Germany’s spending on space activities in 2016 totaled €1.43 billion (US$1.58 billion), essentially unchanged from €1.425 billion (US$1.589 billion) in 2015.
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 – European Space Agency Budget
ESA operated with a 2016 budget of €5.250 billion (US$5.82 billion), an 18% increase from the 2015 budget of €4.433 billion (US$4.94 billion). The growth was partly due to . . .