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Year: 2017
Country: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Denmark, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, United Arab Emirates
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Year: 2016
Country: Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Taiwan, Ukraine
There are more than ## space agencies worldwide, with nations on every inhabited continent involved in space activities. The exhibit below shows the most recent available annual budget for civil space activities in a selection of these nations.
Year: 2015
Country: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, The Netherlands
There are more than ## space agencies worldwide, with nations on every inhabited continent involved in space activities. The exhibit below shows the most recent available annual budget for civil space activities in a selection of these nations.
Year: 2014
Country: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Indonesia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, South Africa, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine
Around the globe, many smaller nations—whether in terms of economy or population size—are investing in space projects or programs. The exhibit below shows the most recent available annual budget for civil space activities in a number of selected space states.
Year: 2016
Country: Australia, United States
Ranchers and space technology work together to herd cattle.
Topic: Ground Networks
Year: 2005
Country: Australia, Botswana, Chile, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Peru, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, United States
Data communications services include very small aperture terminal (VSAT) services, Internet backhaul, direct-to-home broadband, and mobile data.
Topic: Planetary Science
Year: 2011
Country: Australia, Canada, Chile, European Multinational Efforts, Italy, New Zealand, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States
To improve the resolution from ground-based observatories and to capture light from distant, dim objects, telescopes are growing larger. Due to the correspondingly large cost of construction and operation, these massive telescopes are often supported financially by multinational consortia.
Topic: Planetary Science
Year: 2012
Country: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, European Multinational Efforts, India, New Zealand, The Netherlands, South Africa, United Kingdom
Astronomers are laying the groundwork for a new generation of extraordinarily large observatories. The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) Telescope will be the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope ever built. The SKA takes its name from the combined size of the collecting area of the...
Topic: Satellite Design
Year: 2013
Country: Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, European Multinational Efforts, France, Germany, India, Italy, Luxembourg, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom, United States
Dedicated and secure communications links are vital to defense agencies around the world. Increasing demand for capacity—particularly secure connectivity using non-commercial frequency bands—has driven the deployment of dedicated military communications satellites. The U.S. military buys a...
Topic: Satellite Design
Year: 2014
Country: Australia, Canada, Denmark, European Multinational Efforts, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Spain, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States
Global, dedicated, and secure communications networks are vital to governments, militaries, and agencies around the world. Increased demand for capacity—particularly secure connectivity using non-commercial frequency bands—continued to drive deployment of dedicated military communications...
Topic: Ground Networks
Year: 2009
Country: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, China, European Multinational Efforts, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, United States
Ground stations are an essential but often overlooked segment of space infrastructure. Ground stations connect satellites to terrestrial networks and collect satellite information ranging from tracking and telemetry to imagery and scientific data. The stations also upload information to spacecraft,...
Topic: Ground Components
Year: 2010
Country: Australia, United States
One specialized type of system that uses both satellites and ground stations is dedicated to space situational awareness (SSA). An SSA system tracks satellites and other objects orbiting Earth. This is accomplished through a series of ground stations which are dedicated to scanning the sky via a...
Topic: Ground Networks
Year: 2010
Country: Australia, China, Namibia, Spain, United States
An essential element of space infrastructure, ground stations transmit commands to and receive data from spacecraft. They also often contain facilities to process that data, particularly in the case of Earth observation satellites. The data sent from ground stations includes command and control...
Topic: Ground Components
Year: 2011
Country: Australia, United States
A series of SSN upgrades are underway. In 2011, a DARPA-funded space surveillance telescope underwent testing. After nine years of development, the new telescope, located at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, is capable of capturing wide-field views of objects in GEO orbit. While the SSN uses...
Topic: 2008 - Perspective
Year: 2008
Country: Australia, China, India, Japan, United Kingdom
The activities of spacefaring nations increased in 2008, and the policies of those and other countries continue to evolve. These policy changes often reflect the need to fund or authorize activities in response to steps taken by other national space programs, particularly when matters of national...
Topic: 2010 - Perspective
Year: 2010
Country: Australia, China, European Multinational Efforts, India, United States
Topic: 2011 - Perspective
Year: 2011
Country: Algeria, Australia, European Multinational Efforts, Japan, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, United Nations, United States
As space activities across the globe become more dynamic—blending commercial, government, and cross-border activities—governments increasingly see a need for a formal space policy to provide a framework for coordination and integration of activities. Effective space policy can foster public...
Topic: Satellite Communications
Year: 2010
Country: Australia, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, United States
The satellite services sector, which includes fixed and mobile satellite services, registered $## billion in 2010 revenue, up from $## billion in 2009. Both types of services communicate information in video, voice, and data formats. Fixed satellite services (FSS) refer to the delivery of satellite...
Year: 2011
Country: Argentina, Australia, China, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, Thailand, Ukraine
Space activities in South Africa are funded through the Department of Science and Technology (DST). In FY 2011, which ran from April 2011 to March 2012, the DST planned to spend ## million rand (US$## million) on space activities executed through two programs: the South African National Space...
Year: 2012
Around the globe, many smaller nations—in economy or population size—are investing in space projects or programs. These emerging space states generally feature relatively small-scale investments in space applications linked to specific national socioeconomic development objectives. The exhibit...
