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Turkish Space Agency source: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-space-ambitions-may-be-too-ambitious.aspx?pageID=238&nID=73242&NewsCatID=483 91.14.120.13 (talk) 12:40, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
Just calling something a space agency does not make it a space agency if it does nothing in outerspace, and only contracts with others to build satellites that still others launch.
You are right that there are many agencies without real activity. But the real activity of an agency is not to develop hardware, but to set the national policy and implement it (representing the country in international fora, contracting activities with industry, etc), including management of the national space budget. Having labs and building hardware themselves are not required. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.84.71.140 (talk) 09:14, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
China has planned a space station, it does not operate one.
The credibility of the budget comparison on the bottom of the page is very low without sources. Sources should be added or the section should be removed. MikkelR 20:22, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
"Artistic space agencies"... erased
http://rhea.la.asu.edu/spl/data_resources/space_agencies/
Though it lacks any detailed information.
Another good source. Chadlupkes 03:19, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Space Agency and Space agency are duplicate articles, I'll try to merge them later, unless someone wants to do it first. - Rudykog 13:25, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Croatian Space Agency, mentioned on the site, is not a space agency, it's rather a some kind of astronomical society. So, it should not be on this list. It's not a government agency. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.198.142.202 (talk) 10:36, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
Removed vandalism.
Done
This is an overstatement by more than 1000 times. The current budget of the Israeli Space Agency is a bit of one million USD. Themanwithoutapast (talk) 13:21, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
i suppose the colour scheme is implicitly implying that "manned space flight" implies "launch capability" which implies "operates satellites"? perhaps something like "manned space flight + launch capability + operates satellites" would make this explicit. 82.6.96.66 (talk) 10:55, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
i'm not sure the purpose of the Ref(s) column? there is already a website column; if there is a specific fact that should be cited in the table, then shouldn't the citation be next to that fact, rather than in a separate column? the way it is makes it unclear what the references are referencing. 82.6.96.66 (talk) 11:01, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
I don't like the colour scheme for the different capabilities. I think a sortable table with the different options as Yes/No boxes in columns would look a lot nicer. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 10:27, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
This appears to be a link to a medical company in Portugal, should be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.148.123.76 (talk) 09:30, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
ASAL - Algerian Space Agency (fr: Agence Spatiale Algérienne) - http://www.asal-dz.org/ CNT - Tunisian National Centre for Remote Sensing (fr: Centre National de Télédétection) - http://www.cnt.nat.tn/ CRTS - Moroccan Royal Centre for Space Remote Sensing (fr: Centre Royal de Télédétection Spatiale) - http://www.crts.gov.ma/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.148.123.76 (talk) 09:46, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
http://www.afrispace.org/ African Space Agency, proposed space agency of the African Union. Sidelight12 (talk) 02:11, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
Solar Warden Anonlithium (talk) 07:25, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
Hi! What about South Africa's Space Agency? --68.239.72.76 (talk) 04:58, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
Theres some space agencies that need color like Nigeria. Mickman1234 (talk) 07:29, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
we need to add more space agencies, so that we will know what has satilites, operates satalites, space launch capibality, manned space launch and probly moonwalks. Mickman1234 (talk) 15:42, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
I deleted Mexico from the list of agencies with the highest budget (stated as $914 million) because the latest information published suggests that for its first year of operation, it will be assigned between $21 million and $60 million pesos = $1.5 million USD - $4.4 million USD. References: Sep/2008: [2]; Nov/2008: [3].
It was approved on November 04, 2008... the deletion is in regards to the budget... not the agency itself... see sources for your self. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEXA
As of 27 February 2009 the Mexican Space Agency does not exist and has never existed, but two users: BatteryIncluded and Jesusmariajalisco keep asserting the contrary using a fan site and an incomplete article from a newspaper that reports the results of a vote in the Mexican Senate (not about its creation). While we have provided plenty of evidence, they keep ignoring it, and have gone as far as giving it an official budget, an official logo (taken from a fan site's online contest) and even a date of creation.
Unfortunately, since the initiative has never left the Congress, most of the evidence is in Spanish except for a NASA status report dated 21 Feb 2009:
If needed, I can add dozens more. Their claims are absolutely ridiculous. - José Gnudista (talk) 10:04, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
The predecessor of the AEM, the CONEE operated sounding rockets. But there is no proof given that the AEM continues with those activities in the reference given in the List of space agencies AEM entry. Tom Paine (talk) 01:02, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
The Mexican Space Agency is a proposed federal authority contained in an initiative that is getting favorable votes in the Mexican Congress but is still under discussion (it was modified and sent back to the originating chamber). Two users (BatteryIncluded and Jesusmariajalisco) insist that, if an initiative is approved in the Senate, the institution is created automatically and provide no reference at all about such theory, just a pair of links that reports on the result of a vote. References on the contrary are provided above the RFC. - José Gnudista (talk) 03:22, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
Update on the Mexican Space Agency. The Mexican Space Agency was created on the 30th of July, 2010 when its law was published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación. Its Board of Governors was installed on the 7th of September, 2010. It is presided by Secretary of Communications and Transportation. The official acronym by the Board of Governors is AEM, and the official website is http://www.aem.gob.mx spaceale 10:26, 14 March 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.174.49.50 (talk)
Please have a look at the following proposed changes. By using four separate tables instead of one, according to the level of achievements of each space agencies, this will provide a clearer and faster picture to the readers. The previous table was overloaded and confusing while containing less information.
List of space agencies capable of conducting basic space activities | |||||||||||
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Space agency | Country | Founded | Terminated | Ref(s) | Capabilities of the space agency | ||||||
Name | Acronym | Astronauts | Operates Satellites | Sounding Rockets capable | Recoverable Biological Sounding Rockets capable | ||||||
Aeronautics & Space Research and Diffusion Center (Spanish: Centro de Investigación y Difusión Aeronáutico-Espacial) |
CIDA-E | ![]() |
5 August 1975 | — | — | No | No | No | No | ||
Algerian Space Agency (Arabic: الوكالة الفضائية الجزائرية) (French: Agence spatiale algérienne) |
ASAL | ![]() |
16 January 2002 | — | — | No | Yes | No | No | ||
Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (Japanese: アジア太平洋地域宇宙機関会議) |
APRSAF | 1993 | — | — | No | Yes | No | No | |||
Asia Pacific Multilateral Cooperation in Space Technology and Applications (Chinese: 亚太空间技术应用多边合作会议) |
AP-MCSTA | February 1992 | — | — | No | Yes | No | No | |||
Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (Chinese: 亚太空间合作组织) |
APSCO | 28 October 2005 | — | — | No | Yes | No | No | |||
Austrian Space Agency (Austrian Solar and Space Agency 1977–1987; Also Aeronautics and Space Agency; German: Agentur für Luft- und Raumfahrt) |
ASA | ![]() |
12 July 1972 | — | [1][2] | No | No | No | No | ||
Azerbaijan National Aerospace Agency (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Milli Aerokosmik Agentliyinin) |
AMAKA | ![]() |
21 February 1992 | — | — | No | No | No | No | ||
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (Dutch: Belgisch Instituut voor Ruimte-Aëronomie) (French: Institut d’Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique) |
BISA BIRA IASB |
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25 November 1964 | — | [3] | No | No | No | No | ||
Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities (Spanish: Agencia Bolivariana para Actividades Espaciales) |
ABAE | ![]() |
1 January 2008 | — | [4] | No | Yes | No | No | ||
Brazilian Space Agency (Portuguese: Agência Espacial Brasileira) |
AEB | ![]() |
10 February 1994 | — | [5] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
British National Space Centre | BNSC | ![]() |
20 November 1985 | [citation needed] | No | Yes | Yes | No | |||
Bulgarian Aerospace Agency (Bulgarian: Институт за Космически изследвания, ИКИ) |
BASA | ![]() |
1993 | [6] | Yes | Yes | No | No | |||
Canadian Space Agency (French: Agence spatiale canadienne) |
CSA ASC |
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14 December 1989 | — | [citation needed] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
China National Space Administration (Chinese: 中华人民共和国国家航天局) |
CNSA | ![]() |
22 April 1993 | — | [7] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Colombian Space Commission (Spanish: Comisión Colombiana del Espacio) |
CCE | ![]() |
18 July 2006 | — | [citation needed] | No | Yes | No | No | ||
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | CSIRO | ![]() |
1926 | — | [8][9] | No | Yes | No | No | ||
Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems | CCSDS |
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1982 | — | — | No | No | No | No | ||
Committee on Space Research | COSPAR | 1958 | — | — | No | No | No | No | |||
Czech Space Office (Czech: Česká kosmická kancelář) |
CSO ČKK |
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November 2003 | — | [citation needed] | No | No | No | No | ||
Danish National Space Center (Danish: Danmarks Rumcenter) |
DNSC DRC |
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January 1, 2005 | [citation needed] | Yes | No | No | No | |||
Danish Space Research Institute (Danish: Dansk Rumforskningsinstitut) |
DSRI DRI |
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1 January 2005 | [citation needed] | No | No | No | No | |||
European Space Agency (French: Agence spatiale européenne) (German: Europäische Weltraumorganisation) |
ESA ASE |
31 May 1975 | — | [10][11] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency (Spanish: Agencia Espacial Civil Ecuatoriana) |
EXA | ![]() |
1 November 2007 | — | [citation needed] | Yes | No | No | No | ||
Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Thai: สำนักงานพัฒนาเทคโนโลยีอวกาศและภูมิสารสนเทศ) |
GISTDA สทอภ |
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2 November 2002 | — | [citation needed] | No | Yes | No | No | ||
German Aerospace Center (German: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt) |
DLR | ![]() |
1969 | — | [12] | No | Yes | No | No | ||
Hungarian Space Office (Hungarian: Magyar Űrkutatási Iroda) |
HSO MŰI |
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January 1992 | — | [citation needed] | No | No | No | No | ||
Indian Space Research Organization (Hindi: भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन) |
ISRO इसरो |
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August 15, 1969 | — | [citation needed][5] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing (Greek: Ινστιτούτο Διαστημικών Εφαρμογών και Τηλεπισκόπησης) |
ISARS ΙΔΕΤ |
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1955 | — | [citation needed] | No | Yes | No | No | ||
Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial | INTA | ![]() |
1942 | [citation needed] | No | Yes | Yes | No | |||
Iranian Space Agency (Persian: سازمان فضایی ایران) |
ISA | ![]() |
2004 | [citation needed] | No | Yes | Yes | No | |||
Israeli Space Agency (Hebrew: סוכנות החלל הישראלית) (Arabic: وكالة الفضاء الإسرائيلية) |
ISA סל"ה |
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April 1983 | — | [citation needed] | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Italian Space Agency (Italian: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana) |
ISA ASI |
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1988 | — | [citation needed] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japanese: 宇宙航空研究開発機構) |
JAXA |
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October 1, 2003 | — | [13][citation needed] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Kazakh Space Research Institute | SRI | ![]() |
1991 | — | — | No | No | No | No | ||
Korean Committee of Space Technology (Korean: 조선우주공간기술위원회) |
KCST | ![]() |
c.2009 ? | — | [14] [citation needed] | No | No | Yes | No | ||
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (Korean: 한국항공우주연구원) |
KARI | ![]() |
10 October 1989 | — | [citation needed] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Malaysian National Space Agency (Malay: Agensi Angkasa Negara) |
ANGKASA | ![]() |
2002 | — | [15] | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA | ![]() |
1 October 1958 | — | [16] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (Arabic: الهيئة العامة للاستشعار عن بعد وعلوم الفضاء) |
NARRS | ![]() |
1994 | — | — | No | Yes | No | No | ||
National Center of Space Research (French: Centre National d'Études Spatiales) |
CNES | ![]() |
19 December 1961 | — | [citation needed] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
National Commission for Aerospace Research & Development (Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Aeroespacial) |
CONIDA | ![]() |
11 June 1974 | — | — | No | No | No | No | ||
National Commission for Outer Space (Spanish: Comisión Nacional del Espacio Exterior) |
CONEE | ![]() |
1962 | 1976 | — | No | No | No | No | ||
National Commission for Space Research (Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Investigaciones Espaciales) |
CNIE | ![]() |
1961 | 1991 | [17] | No | No | Yes | No | ||
National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (Indonesian: Lembaga Antariksa dan Penerbangan Nasional) |
LAPAN | ![]() |
November 27, 1964 | — | [citation needed] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
National Space Activities Commission (Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales) |
CONAE | ![]() |
28 May 1991 | — | [17] | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||
National Remote Sensing Center | ![]() |
1987 | — | — | No | No | No | No | |||
National Remote Sensing Center (Arabic: المركز الوطني للإستشعار عن بعد) (French: Centre national de télédétection) |
CNT | ![]() |
1988 | — | — | No | No | No | No | ||
National Space Agency of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Національне космічне агентство України) (Russian: Национальное космическое агентство Украины) |
NSAU НКАУ НКАУ |
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2 March 1992 | — | [citation needed] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
National Space Organization (Chinese: 國家太空中心) |
NSPO | ![]() |
October 1991 | — | [18] | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||
National Space Research and Development Agency | NASRDA | ![]() |
1998 | — | [citation needed] | No | Yes | No | No | ||
Netherlands Institute for Space Research (Dutch: Stichting Ruimteonderzoek Nederland) |
SRON | ![]() |
1983 | — | [citation needed] | No | No | No | No | ||
Norwegian Space Centre (Norwegian: Norsk Romsenter) |
NSC NRS |
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[citation needed] | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||||
Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Urdu: پاکستان خلائی و بالافضائی تحقی) |
SUPARCO سپارکو |
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September 16, 1961 | — | [citation needed] | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Portuguese Space Company (Companhia Espacial Portuguesa) | ![]() |
1989 | [citation needed] | No | No | No | No | ||||
Romanian Space Agency (Romanian: Agenţia Spaţială Română) |
ASR | ![]() |
1991 | [citation needed] | No | No | No | No | |||
Remote Sensing Center | ![]() |
1971 | 1994 | [citation needed] | No | No | No | No | |||
Royal Centre for Remote Sensing (Arabic: المركز الملكي للإستشعار البعدي الفضائي) (French: Centre Royal de Télédétection Spatiale) |
CRTS | ![]() |
December 1989 | — | — | No | No | No | No | ||
Russian Federal Space Agency (Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство) |
RSA РКА |
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c.1992 | — | [citation needed] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu) |
TÜBİTAK | ![]() |
1991 | — | — | No | Yes | No | No | ||
Soviet space program (Russian: Советская космическая программа) |
СССР | ![]() |
c.1955 | c. 1991 | [citation needed] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization | SPARRSO | ![]() |
1980 | — | [19] | No | No | No | No | ||
Space Research Centre (Polish: Centrum Badań Kosmicznych PAN) |
CBK | ![]() |
1977 | — | [citation needed] | No | Yes | No | No | ||
Space Research Institute (Arabic: معهد بحوث الفضاء) |
SRI | ![]() |
— | — | No | Yes | No | No | |||
Space Technonogy Institute (Vietnamese: Viện Công nghệ vũ trụ) |
STI CNVT |
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20 November 2006 | — | — | No | Yes | No | No | ||
Swedish National Space Board (Swedish: Rymdstyrelsen) |
SNSB | ![]() |
1972 | — | [citation needed] | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Swiss Space Office | SSO | ![]() |
[citation needed] | No | No | No | No | ||||
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs | UNOOSA | ![]() |
13 December 1958 | — | [20] | — | — | — | — | ||
United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space | UNCOPUOS |
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12 December 1959 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
List of space agencies capable of conducting intermediate space activities | |||||||||||
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Space agency | Country | Founded | Terminated | Ref(s) | Capabilities of the space agency | ||||||
Name | Acronym | Launch capable | Multiple Satellites Launch capable | Operates Extraterrestrial Probe | Recoverable Satellites capable | ||||||
China National Space Administration (Chinese: 中华人民共和国国家航天局) |
CNSA | ![]() |
22 April 1993 | — | [7] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
European Space Agency (French: Agence spatiale européenne) (German: Europäische Weltraumorganisation) |
ESA ASE |
31 May 1975 | — | [10][11] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |||
Iranian Space Agency (Persian: سازمان فضایی ایران) |
ISA | ![]() |
2004 | [citation needed] | Yes | No | No | No | |||
Israeli Space Agency (Hebrew: סוכנות החלל הישראלית) (Arabic: وكالة الفضاء الإسرائيلية) |
ISA סל"ה |
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April 1983 | — | [citation needed] | Yes | No | No | No | ||
Indian Space Research Organization (Hindi: भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन) |
ISRO इसरो |
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August 15, 1969 | — | [citation needed][6] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japanese: 宇宙航空研究開発機構) |
JAXA |
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October 1, 2003 | — | [13][citation needed] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA | ![]() |
1 October 1958 | — | [16] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
National Center of Space Research (French: Centre National d'Études Spatiales) |
CNES | ![]() |
19 December 1961 | — | [citation needed] | Yes | No | No | No | ||
National Space Agency of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Національне космічне агентство України) (Russian: Национальное космическое агентство Украины) |
NSAU НКАУ НКАУ |
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2 March 1992 | — | [citation needed] | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||
Russian Federal Space Agency (Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство) |
RSA РКА |
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c.1992 | — | [citation needed] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Soviet space program (Russian: Советская космическая программа) |
СССР | ![]() |
c.1955 | c. 1991 | [citation needed] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
List of space agencies capable of conducting advanced space activities | |||||||||||||
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Space agency | Country | Founded | Terminated | Ref(s) | Capabilities of the space agency | ||||||||
Name | Acronym | Manned Spaceflight capable | Spacewalk capable | Space Rendezvous and Docking capable | Operates Space Station | ||||||||
China National Space Administration (Chinese: 中华人民共和国国家航天局) |
CNSA | ![]() |
22 April 1993 | — | [7] | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||||
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA | ![]() |
1 October 1958 | — | [16] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
Russian Federal Space Agency (Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство) |
RSA РКА |
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c.1992 | — | [citation needed] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
Soviet space program (Russian: Советская космическая программа) |
СССР | ![]() |
c.1955 | c. 1991 | [citation needed] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
List of space agencies capable of conducting most advanced space activities | |||||||||||||
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Space agency | Country | Founded | Terminated | Ref(s) | Capabilities of the space agency | ||||||||
Name | Acronym | Unmanned Moon Landing capable | Circumlunar Manned Spaceflight capable | Manned Moon Landing capable | Operates Moon Base | ||||||||
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA | ![]() |
1 October 1958 | — | [16] | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||||
Soviet space program (Russian: Советская космическая программа) |
СССР | ![]() |
c.1955 | c. 1991 | [citation needed] | Yes | No | No | No |
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There seems to be a question as to whether the Mexican Space Agency should be listed or not, which hinges on the fact that while it is in the process of being set up, it does not currently exist. Why therefore is the Soviet Space Agency listed? The Soviet Space Agency does not exist anymore. It is important to have the agency listed as a historical agency, but if this page is only about current agencies, then the Soviet Space agency should not be listed. 68.148.123.76 (talk) 07:27, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
For instance Germany contributes about 50% of its total budget to ESA and uses the rest for its own programs. A comment should be added to that effect.Themanwithoutapast (talk) 19:43, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
According to ASI´s page in wikipedia the budget of the italian space agency is $978 million, so it should be below India and China.--88.26.57.82 (talk) 01:11, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
If African space history can be dated back to 1986, how come no African country budget was reflected in the list? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.78.134.117 (talk) 12:33, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
Maybe we should compile a similar list with capabilities of private space companies? Alinor (talk) 12:56, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
There needs to be more info on space agencies :) Mickman1234 (talk) 06:22, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
they listed as nasa currently operating a moon base, break out the tin foil hats. I corrected it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.61.204.112 (talk) 09:06, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
China has an astronaut and has launched a rocket and it's astronaut into space, so the info. needs to be up dated. Arizona86002 (talk) 15:44, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
The classification of "Capabilities of the space agency - Astronauts" appears highly inconsistent. Some countries are listed "yes" whose nationals have only been trained and flown on other agencies programmes. In some cases even selected by other programmes but not yet flown and so that nation doesn't even have any actual astronauts yet.
For example Denmark and India. As far as I can make out no Dane has yet gone into space, but one was recently selected as a candidate by ESA's EAC. He isn't yet an astronaut and there is no certainty he will go into space. Similarly India's only astronauts so far have been a Russian-trained fighter pilot and a dual-national in Nasa's astronaut programme. These are just examples of what I mean, it applies for a number of other agencies listed as "yes".
But on the flip-side there have been a number of British-American astronauts who joined Nasa's programme, A British astronaut candidate recently selected by ESA just like the Dane and even a private citizen trained and launched by the Soviets. And yet it isn't listed. Again this is an example, if the requirement is simply for that nation to have or perhaps sometime in the future have an astronaut many more agencies should be included which aren't.
Also, while I can see that the ESA members that had their own astronaut corps are listed while those that didn't aren't, the ones that did don't now because those functions were transferred to the EAC so they don't have such "capability". And as I've already said this is inconsistent because other agencies are listed which never trained any of their own astronauts anyway. So either all ESA member agencies who have had astronauts should be listed or none of them.
As the category is "capabilities of a space agency", It doesn't really make any sense to include agencies that cannot currently at least train their own astronauts. Any agency can pay for their nationals to be trained by another country's agency, or have had their nationals (or more usually joint-nationals) fly as an astronaut in another space programme. To have astronaut capability should really only apply to agencies that can at least fully train them, if not actually launch them, as that is the only real distinction that implies any real capability. ChiZeroOne (talk) 03:22, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
When's the Global Aeronautics and Space Adminstration going to happen? What happens if the Klingons and/or Daleks decide to attack TOMORROW??? We're totally unprepared! But seriously, if Humankind ever did attempt to reach out into the depths of the Solar System and beyond, it surely has to be a global effort. I reckon that Humankind has the wherewithall to launch a probe to Alpha Centuri right now, if it had a mind to do so. Such a probe would HAVE to be launched in the name of all Humanity, wouldn't it...? I don't know what I'm blathering about...an appeal for unity between all nations in scientific endevour, I guess... 82.5.68.95 (talk) 05:29, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
it seems that some people don't understand the European flag, they think that to use it all of Europe should be represented? EU uses it, but the EU only has 27 member states. all people in Europe can use it, if they want to.
citation from link,
This is the European flag. It is the symbol not only of the European Union but also of Europe's unity and identity in a wider sense. The circle of gold stars represents solidarity and harmony between the peoples of Europe. http://europa.eu/abc/symbols/emblem/index_en.htm
In the Ryder Cup between Europe and USA, Europe uses the flag, but there Isn't any players from Finland - ukraine - Greece - Russia - Turkey - Serbia - Belgium, but that don't mean anything, Russia could use if they want to, all organisations located in Europe can adopt it.
Here the Georgian president uses it side by side with the Georgian flag.
The flag is also used by the Council of Europe http://www.coe.int/aboutCoe/index.asp?page=symboles&l=en it has 47 members http://www.coe.int/aboutCoe/index.asp?page=47pays1europe&l=en from Iceland in the west to Russia and Turkey in the east.
I don't think its very hard to understand, that this flag can be used to represent anything European, EU - Council of Europe - ESA - Ryder Cup, it just means anything European. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.196.3.46 (talk) 13:00, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
Guys, first you all need to calm down. Please listen to me carefully. The problem arises from the fact that someone decided to put "Europe" in the country list. Europe is neither a country nor a unified political supranational entity. Therefore it has no flag. The Council of Europe has a flag, the European Union has a flag, but Europe doesn't. Europe doesn't have a space agency either. There are several European agencies engaged in space activities (eg. EUSC, ESO, EUMETSAT) and ESA is only one of them. ESA does not represent the entirety of the European states; it only represents its 18 current member states. In the column "Country" those are the ones that should be mentioned. I propose that the first column should read "ESA member states" (because those ARE countries - ESA is not a country) and the second column should remain as it is (European Space Agency). I rest my case. CostaDax (talk) 13:30, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
I agree with 80.196.3.46, that ESA must be shown with the european flag, the flag is europes flag and ESA is a european space agency so there is nothing to talk about, the flag belongs to all the member states.
The flag stays. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.196.3.171 (talk) 12:22, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
Europe is not a country. As per wiki rules for list of states, only sovereign nations are included in these lists and when a non-sovereign entity is included that entity must be noted out as such. In case of Europe, putting the flag of EU is going to give the impression that EU is a nation state which is not true. Furthermore not all countries in Europe contribute to ESA. Both the article and the budget list are for nation states which are sovereign. Any entity public or private or corporate conglomeration which is to be included must be clearly separate and distinguishable by any reader on wikipedia. There are many space agencies in the world, private and public. This article only deals with those agencies which are sovereign. The inclusion of ESA is there only because it is important and all its members are sovereign. But the article must distinguish between the fact that ESA is a collection of nations working on some projects while the rest of agencies are independent national agencies. It would be proper to use ESA logo with it since not all European nations are contributing in ESA. If EU flag is to be used then a collapsible list of countries involved should be available for view in the same list. --119.156.17.164 (talk) 08:35, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
Most people seem to be focusing on the (to my mind) not so relevant fact that not all EU member states are members of ESA. I may have overlooked something, but no-one seems to have noticed that at least two ESA member states - Norway and Switzerland - aren't members of the EU at all, and probably won't be for some considerable time to come (if ever - there isn't a majority in either country in favour of joining). There's a widespread and confusing habit (in many European languages) of talking about 'Europe' and 'the European Union' as if they meant the same thing. Comments about 'Europe's flag' are surely irrelevant, since there's no such thing - the blue thing with yellow stars on it is the EU flag, which only represents 28 of Europe's countries. ESA is not an EU organisation, any more than the Council of Europe (47 member states, nearly twice as many as the EU) or CERN. If ESA were EU-based, it might make sense to include it in an article entitled 'List of government space agencies', since the EU is effectively a government - it issues legislation that is binding on all its member states, and has a High Representative responsible for foreign affairs. But ESA surely doesn't belong in an article with such a title. Would changing the title help?188.200.168.81 (talk) 17:08, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
Hungary is missing in the ESA list of countries--Dutchy45 (talk) 21:54, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.54.77.83 (talk) 11:53, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Agency | Flights | Individuals | ISS Crew | Notes | |
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NASA | 232 | 133 | 36 | 26 women, 55 double, 19 triple and two quadruple flight |
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Roskosmos | 57 | 38 | 31 | eight double, four triple and one quadruple flight |
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ESA | 18 | 12 | 5 | one woman, four double flights and one triple flight |
Would anyone be interested in helping out with the ISS budget, across the english-speaking world, there are no proper totals I can find, even though this information is sure to exist somewhere. Every major media outlet makes poor guesses as to the cost..
Is there any hope for something like this ?
Total annual ISS budget
Country | Agency | Budget (USD) |
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NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) | $10,123 million[1] |
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ESA (European Space Agency) | $3,445 million (2011)[2] |
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ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency) | $1,800 million (2011)[3] |
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JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) | $2,000 million[4] |
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CSA (Canadian Space Agency) | $234 million[5] |
ISS partners | All space agencies annual budgets | approx $1.77 [citation needed] |
there is basically nothing I can find that says what the total cost of the ISS is... Please discuss this idea here Talk:International_Space_Station#Costs rather than on this page.
Penyulap talk 00:07, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
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Article includes "List of space agencies with manned spaceflight capability", "List of achievements of space agencies with lunar landing capability". NASA now lacks manned launch capability; it will lose flight capability when Atlantis re-enters. NASA lost lunar landing capability in late 1972. Either NASA should be removed from those lists, or the headings should be altered. 94.30.84.71 (talk) 19:27, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
Agree, NASA needs to be re-classified. Ctetc2007 (talk) 00:18, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
I also agree. NASA has no capability for manned missions. Soyuz rockets are used and launched from Baikonur. Procuring a manned launch should not be considered capability for manned missions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.19.213.126 (talk) 16:08, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
What exactly does "manned space flight" mean? Does it mean "manned space launch" capable, or just that it has a something that is manned and going through space? NASA is in a very strange case for at least the next 10 years. It has astronauts, it operates a space station, but it has no manned space launch capability. Where does that put it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.87.19.206 (talk) 14:38, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
I think a clarification on wheter the list must contain current or historical information is needed. That is, should the Soviet Space Programme be listed? Should the capabilities of NASA include or not "Manned Lunar Exploration"? Tom Paine (talk) 18:10, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
Poland does not have a space agency. Read this recent article from the Warsaw Business Review (pgs 10-11). They plan to create one, but the plans have not been made official yet. CBK is definitely their most active space organization, but to list it as an "agency" is misleading. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.79.208.68 (talk) 16:44, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
Hey guys!
I think you should include also Italy among countries that possess a launch capability.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vega_rocket
Since France is included on the basis that the Ariane program has much of its design/manufacturing done in France, you should include also Italy on the same basis since much of the design/manufacturing of the Vega rocket is done in Italy, that is also (1) the leading contributor (more than 65%). (2) the italian space agency partecipate jointly with ESA in the development and fielding of that rocket. That is, it is not an ESA project financed by Italy, it is a project lead by the italian space agency in which ESA (of which the italian space agency is a member) partecipates.
Cheers — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.53.70.50 (talk) 23:35, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
As someone already wrote on the discussion page: The map File:Human spaceflight.svg needs to be recolored since the USA doesn't have an active human space flight program at the moment. They're now at the same level as the European states. --StYxXx (talk) 09:33, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
As per the article cited for Iranian space Budget, $500 million budget is for 5 years which means, the yearly budget is $100 million. The Space Budgets of other nations (i just checked the ones above Iran) given in the list is for yearly.
This is the relevant comment from the website cited for Iranian space budget "Iran launched its first satellite in 2005 aboard a Russian rocket, and began developing Omid in 2006, a year after the Iranian government announced it would spend $500 million on a domestic space program between 2005 and 2010." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.9.245.27 (talk) 19:24, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
December 11 2012 Uçan ispanyol downgraded NASA's "manned spaceflight capability to "No"-"No" [7], probably because of the space shuttle's retirement. But where is the logic; even today the long-gone Soviet Union seems to be capable of doing anything in space. Either the Soviet column should be full of "No"s, or the headline should be something like "…achievements…" or "…Accomplished tasks…" --Regards, Necessary Evil (talk) 17:15, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
The external link for the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization just takes the user to an on-hold website and not thing else can someone fix this to the correct website if one currently exists? -- Sion8 (talk) 16:34, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
maps at the end of this article need to be updated as a lot have changed since 2009 (e.g ESA enlargement) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.83.253.90 (talk) 23:13, 12 August 2014 (UTC)95.83.253.90 (talk) 23:18, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
Lacks NASDA, lacks the NRO. Nice try. Keep compiling. 71.38.136.222 (talk) 09:01, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
The United Arab Emirates (UEA) founded in 2015 its space agency; it is called [[Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center]([8]]) and they have a funded project for a Mars orbiter called Mars Hope to be launched in 20121.([9]) I am not familiar with this Wikipedia list, so I will leave it to more competent hands to add it appropriately. Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 16:50, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
The UK/Australia had limited launch capabilities in the late 1960s that were cancelled ca 1971 (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_space_programme#British_space_vehicles_.281950.E2.80.931985.29). These were not a single space agency but run by a succession of departments. Whilst not explicitly labelled as "space agency" at that time, and despite constant re-branding of the government body responsible, this was a government programme and feels like it should be included in the table "List of space agencies with launch capability". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Astronomyblog (talk • contribs) 16:19, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
Should we add a bit about the proposed Australian Space Agency, which has recently been initiated. See http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-13/space-agency-on-the-cards-as-australia-announces-review/8703740; for source. This is from the Australian Broadcasting Company website, a reliable source.
It seems the Czech Space Office is more involved in space. Can anyone familiar with the country or organizations improve upon this area? Twillisjr (talk) 20:06, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
Has anyone done any significant research on "Solar Warden?" I'd like to create a page on it but I don't know where to start. Anonlithium (talk) 07:24, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
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This is far too specific - why The Moon?. For example ESA has landed on Titan which I would consider "lunar landing". I suggest changing it to "Agencies with capabilities to land on celestial bodies (other than Earth)" and list ESA and JAXA as well. Sergiusz.olszewski (talk) 10:56, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
I was looking for the USA's space program, and it was hard to find. Doesn't America have one of the biggest or most successful one's? What is it called? NASA, I think. Is it being buried on purpose, so the minor ones of small countries will look equally prominent? --Uncle Ed (talk) 14:45, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
Hello. I think that the Australia-New Zealand Space Agency is only a fan page and nothing official so it should be deleted from the chapter Expected and proposed future space agencies. The source is a facebook page where the contact email is stealth10@y7mail.com. Not an official government Adresse. The Australien government wrote only (Source) that the will work together and in the text is not mentioned the Australia-New Zealand Space Agency. I think we should delete this because in my view this is only a fan wish and not real. Maybe I'm wrong but please add better sources. -Malo95 (talk) 06:03, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
They operate only satellite made by others. Name SPARRSO Greatder (talk) 03:50, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello, Is Belize have their own space agency? I'm searched "Belize Space Agency" on Google Search these results aren't providing articles about Belize Space Agency or Belize's first satellite Yuliadhi (talk) 23:18, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
The African Space Agency has been officially inaugurated, so this article should be changed to reflect that (and presumably a full article should also be created) 212.186.238.122 (talk) 10:20, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
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Adding Color Code to the name of space agencies like before is very essential because:
1) It helps viewers to understand a lot of information about the Space Agencies in a fast and easy way.
2) Showing information with help of colors and pictures helps a person to understand more information.
3) Understand what a general reader want: Almost 5-7 months ago I myself was tired when I was searching for "name of space agencies with all of their achievements" and no website was providing with solid information, but than I found an article on Wikipedia titled "List of Government Space Agencies" and at that time I as a normal viewer found that whole article so helpful that I bookmarked it and I also donated a little amount of money to Wikipedia (I couldn't donate much because I am a student and I have donated what I got on my birthday) via my papa's Wikipedia account. I am giving my example because I here represents an a normal internet surfer who just wants answer to his queries in easy way.
Disadvantages of current "List of government space agencies" Page:
1) People are shown a big table which shows name of space agencies without Color code, which will cause them to loose their interest in further reading the page as users are shown so much data without an engaging thing (For Eg: Colors).
2) The color code before was like a badge given to space agencies which appreciates their achievements and viewers also come to know that "Oh! this Space Agency is ahead of that Space Agency" this leads that user to read even more about different space agencies and in this age of TikTok if a young person is reading these kind of things we should appreciate him/her and provide them with better and helpful content.
So long story short, Color Coding things really saves time of users, provide them with more information in less time and users also becomes happy as they got quality info with ease. KrishanVerma171 (talk) 07:49, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
I found this image that I think would be a nice addition to this article: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fid6nhbxo09ac1.png&xpromo_edp=enabled However I have no clue how to "translate" it into wikicode, so I'll leave it here. Dutchy45 (talk) 02:32, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
I edited the Italian Space Agency budget for the year 2024, based on the official ASI document discosure available at https://asi.portaleamministrazionetrasparente.it/archivio29_bilanci_0_2338_731_1.html I seem to not have been able to modify the old link and have not archived the link or document itself, as I don't know how to. If someone has the time to correct my mistake, please do so. Thanks 2A01:CB04:12C:BF00:D03D:98B6:41A5:54A2 (talk) 01:30, 17 May 2024 (UTC)