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Government space agencies, established by governments of countries and regional agencies (groupings of countries) are established as a means for advocating for engaging in activities related to outer space, exploitation of space systems, and/or space exploration. The listings summarize all countries' and regional authorities' space agencies with a comparative summary of demonstrated capabilities.[citation needed]
The objectives include national prestige, exploitation of remote sensing information, communications, education, and economic development. These agencies tend to be civil in nature (vs military) and serve to advance the benefits of exploitation and/or exploration of space. They span the spectrum from old organizations with small budgets to mature national or regional enterprises such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States, the European Space Agency (ESA) which coordinates for more than 20 constituent countries, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities (Roscosmos) of Russia, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and the China National Space Agency (CNSA).
The space agency listings are segregated to enable identification of subsets of the complete list that have advanced to higher levels or technical or programmatic proficiency in accordance with the following:
- Establishment of agency, initial exploitation of space-based systems
- Development of launch capability
- Capacity for extraterrestrial exploration
- Demonstration of human spaceflight capability across one or more of these domains
Overview
As of 2024,[update] nearly 80 different government space agencies are in existence, including more than 70 national space agencies and several international agencies.
| Space agency | Demonstrated capability | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country or organization | Name | Acronym | Founded | First space traveler | Operates satellites | Builds satellites | Recoverable payloads capable |
 African Union | African Space Agency | AfSA | 24 January 2023 |  | | | |
 Algeria | Algerian Space Agency | ASAL | 16 Jan 2002 | |  (Alcomsat-1) | (AlSAT-1) | |
 Argentina | Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales | CONAE | 1961 (CNIE) 28 May 1991 (CONAE) | | (Nahuel 1A) | (ARSAT-1) | |
 Australia | Australian Space Agency | ASA | 1986 (NSP) 1 Jul 2018 (ASA) | (Paul Scully-Power) | (Aussat A1) | (WRESAT) | |
 Austria | Austrian Space Agency | ALR | 12 Jul 1972 | (Franz Viehböck) | (TUGSAT-1/UniBRITE) | (TUGSAT-1/UniBRITE) | |
 Azerbaijan | Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azercosmos) | Azercosmos | 2010 | | (Azerspace-1) | | |
 Bangladesh | Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization | SPARRSO | 1980 | | (Bangabandhu-1) | (BRAC Onnesha) | |
 Belgium | Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy | BIRA IASB BISA | Nov 25, 1964 | (Dirk Frimout) | | (PROBA-1) | |
 Brazil | Brazilian Space Agency | AEB | 10 Feb 1994 | (Marcos Pontes) | (Brasilsat A1) | (Amazônia-1) | |
 Bulgaria | Bulgarian Space Agency | SRI-BAS STIL-BAS | 1987 | (Georgi Ivanov) | (Bulgaria 1300) | (Bulgaria 1300) | |
 Canada | Canadian Space Agency | CSA ASC | 1 Mar 1989 | (Marc Garneau) | (Alouette 1) | (Alouette 1) | |
 Chile | Chilean Space Agency | CSA | 2001 | | | | |
 China | China National Space Administration | CNSA | 22 Apr 1993 | (Yang Liwei) | | (Dong Fang Hong 1) | |
 Costa Rica | Costa Rican Space Agency (Agencia Espacial Costarricense) | AEC | 2021 | | (Irazú) | (Irazú) | |
| International  Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) British National Space Centre (BNSC) Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES) China National Space Administration (CNSA) Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR) European Space Agency (ESA) Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Russian Federal Space Agency (RFSA) | Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems | CCSDS | 1982 | | | | |
International Algeria Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile China Czech Republic Denmark Egypt Finland France Germany Greece Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan South Korea Malaysia Mexico Morocco Netherlands Nigeria Norway Pakistan Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Slovakia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Caribbean Community | Committee on Space Research | COSPAR | 1958 | | | | |
| Czech Republic | Czech Space Office | CSO | 2003 | (Vladimír Remek) | (Magion 4) | (VZLUSAT-2) | |
| Denmark | Danish National Space Center | DNSC DTU Space | 1 Jan 1968 (DSRI) 1 Jan 2005 (DNSC) | (Andreas Mogensen) | (Ørsted) | (Ørsted) | |
| Egypt | Egyptian Space Agency | EGSA NARSS EASRT-RSC | 2018 1994 1971–1994 | (Sara Sabry) | (EgyptSat 1) | (NARSSCube-1) | |
 El Salvador | Instituto Aeroespacial de El Salvador(Esai) | ESAI | 2021 | | | | |
 Ethiopia | Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute | ESSTI | 14 Oct 2016 | | ETRSS-1 | ETRSS-1 | |
| European Space Agency | ESA ASE EWO | 1964 (ESRO/ELDO) 30 May 1975 (ESA) | (Ulf Merbold) | (Cos-B) | (Cos-B) | | |
 European Union | European Union Agency for the Space Programme | EUSPA | 12 Jul 2004 (GSA) 21 May 2021 (EUSPA) | | | | |
| France | National Centre for Space Studies | CNES | 19 Dec 1961 | (Jean-Loup Chrétien) | (Astérix) | (Astérix) | |
| Germany | German Aerospace Center | DLR | 1969 | (Sigmund Jähn) | | (Azur) | |
 Ghana | Ghana Space Science and Technology Centre | GSSTI | 2 Apr 2012 | | (GhanaSat-1) | (GhanaSat-1) | |
| Greece | Hellenic Space Centre Ελληνικό Κέντρο Διαστήματος | HSC ΕΛΚΕΔ | 9 Aug 2019 | | (Hellas Sat 2) | (UPSat) | |
| Hungary | Hungarian Space Office | MŰI HSO | Jan 1992 | (Bertalan Farkas) | (MaSat-1) | (MaSat-1) | |
| India | Indian Space Research Organisation | ISRO इसरो | 1962 (INCOSPAR) 15th Aug 1969 (ISRO) | (Rakesh Sharma) | (Aryabhata) | (Aryabhata) | |
| Indonesia | Indonesian Space Agency (Previously known as LAPAN) | INASA | Nov 27, 1964 | | (Palapa-A1) | (Lapan-TUBsat) | |
| Iran | Iranian Space Agency | ISA | 2004 | | (Sina-1) | (Omid) | (Pishgam) |
| Israel | Israeli Space Agency | ISA סוכנות החלל הישראלית | Apr 1983 | (Ilan Ramon) | (Ofeq-1) | (Shavit 2) | |
| Italy | Italian Space Agency | ASI | 1988 | (Franco Malerba) | (San Marco 1) | (San Marco 1) | |
| Japan | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | JAXA ジャクサ | 1 Oct 2003 | (Toyohiro Akiyama) | (Ohsumi) | (Ohsumi) | |
| Kazakhstan | National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan | KazCosmos KazKosmos | 27 Mar 2007 | (Toktar Aubakirov) | (KazSat-1) | (Al Farabi-1) | |
 Kenya | Kenya Space Agency | KSA | 7 Mar 2017 | | (1KUNS-PF) | (1KUNS-PF) | |
 North Korea | National Aerospace Technology Administration | NATA | 1980s (KCST) 2013 (NADA) 2023 (NATA) | | (Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2) | (Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2) | |
| South Korea | Korea AeroSpace Administration | KASA | 27 May 2024 | | | | |
| South Korea | Korea Aerospace Research Institute | KARI | 10 Oct 1989 | (Yi So-yeon) | (Koreasat 1) | (KITSAT-1) | |
 CELAC | Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency | ALCE | 2022 | | | | |
 Lithuania | Lithuanian Space Association | LSA | 2007 | | (LituanicaSAT-1) | (LituanicaSAT-1) | |
 Luxembourg | Luxembourg Space Agency | LSA | Sep 2018 | | (Astra 1A) | (KSM (Kleos Scouting Mission)) | |
| Malaysia | Malaysian Space Agency | MYSA | 2002 | (Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor) | (MEASAT-1) | (TiungSAT-1) | |
| Mexico | Mexican Space Agency | AEM | 30 Jul 2010 | (Rodolfo Vela) | (Morelos I) | (UNAMSAT B) | |
 Mongolia | National Remote Sensing Center of Mongolia | NRSC | 1991 | | (Mazaalai) | (Mazaalai) | |
| Morocco | Royal Center for Remote Sensing Centre Royal de Télédétection Spatiale Ammas Amrrukan n Tallunt (المركز الملكي للإستشعار البعدي الفضائي) | CRTS | Dec 1989 | | (Maroc-Tubsat) | (Maroc-Tubsat) | |
| Netherlands | Netherlands Institute for Space Research | SRON | 1983 | (Wubbo Ockels) | (ANS) | (ANS) | |
 New Zealand | New Zealand Space Agency | NZSA | Apr 2016 | | (Humanity Star) | (Humanity Star) | |
| Nigeria | National Space Research and Development Agency | NASRDA | 1998 | | (Nigeriasat-1) | (Nigeria EduSat-1) | |
| Norway | Norwegian Space Agency | NRS NSC | 1987 | | (Thor 2) | (nCube-2) | |
| Pakistan | Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission | SUPARCO سپارکو | 16 Sep 1961 (started working from 1964) | | (Badr-1) | (Badr-1) | |
 Paraguay | () | AEP | 26 Mar 2014 | | (GuaraníSat-1) | (GuaraníSat-1) | |
 Peru | National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development | CONIDA | 11 Jun 1974 | | (Chasqui I) | | |
 Philippines | Philippine Space Agency | PhilSA | 2014 (DOST–ASTI) 8 August 2019 (PhilSA) | | (Agila-1) | (Diwata-1) | |
| Poland | Polish Space Agency | POLSA | 29 Sep 1976 (CBK PAN) 26 Sep 2014 (POLSA) | (Mirosław Hermaszewski) | (Lem) | (Lem) | |
| Portugal | Portugal Space | PTSPACE | 2019 | | (PoSAT-1) | (PoSAT-1) | |
| Romania | Romanian Space Agency | ASR ROSA | 1991 | (Dumitru Prunariu) | (Goliat) | (Goliat) | |
| Russia | Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities | Roscosmos Роскосмос | 25 Feb 1992 | (Aleksandr Volkov) | (Kosmos 2175) | (Kosmos 2175) | (Soyuz TM-14) |
 Rwanda | Rwanda Space Agency | RSA | 2021 | | (RWASAT-1) | (RWASAT-1) | |
| Saudi Arabia | Saudi Space Agency | SSA | 1977 (KACST-SRI) 2018 (SSC/SSA) | (Sultan Bin Salman) | (Arabsat-1A) | (SaudiSat-4) | |
 Singapore | CRISP | 1995 | | (ST-1) | (X-Sat) | | |
| South Africa | South African National Space Agency | SANSA | 9 Dec 2010 | | (SUNSAT) | (SUNSAT) | |
 Soviet Union | Soviet space program | СССР Космическая программа | 1955 disbanded 25 Dec 1991 | (Yuri Gagarin) | (Sputnik 1) | (Sputnik 1) | (Korabl-Sputnik 2) |
| Spain | Agencia Espacial Española | AEE | 2023 | (Pedro Duque) | (Hispasat 1A) | (Intasat) | |
| Sweden | Swedish National Space Agency | SNSA | 1972 | (Christer Fuglesang) | (Viking) | | |
| Switzerland | Swiss Space Office | SSO | 1998 | | (SwissCube-1) | (SwissCube-1) | |
 Syria | Syrian Space Agency | SSA | 18 Mar 2014 | (Muhammed Faris) | | | |
| Taiwan | Taiwan Space Agency | TASA | 3 Oct 1991 | | (ST-1) | (Formosat-1) | |
| Thailand | Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency | GISTDA สทอภ | 3 Nov 2000 | | (Thaicom 1) | (KNACKSAT) | |
 Tunisia | French: (Arabic: المركز الوطني للإستشعار عن بعد) (National Remote Sensing Center of Tunisia) | CNCT | 1988 | | (Challenge-1) | (Challenge-1) | |
| Turkey | Turkish Space Agency (Türkiye Uzay Ajansı) | TUA | 1985 (TÜBİTAK UZAY) 13 Dec 2018 (TUA) | (Alper Gezeravcı) | (Türksat 1A) | (Göktürk-2) | |
 Turkmenistan | Turkmenistan National Space Agency | TNSA | 2011 | | (TürkmenÄlem52E / MonacoSAT) | | |
| Ukraine | State Space Agency of Ukraine | SSAU | 2 Mar 1992 | (Leonid Kadeniuk) | | (Sich-1) | |
| United Arab Emirates | Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre | UAESA | 2014 | (Hazza Al Mansouri) | (Thuraya 2) | (KhalifaSat) | |
| United Kingdom | United Kingdom Space Agency | UKSA | 1 Apr 2010 | (Helen Sharman) | (Ariel 1) | (Prospero) | |
 United Nations | United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space | UNCOPUOS | Dec 12, 1959 | — | — | — | — |
| United Nations | United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs | UNOOSA | 13 Dec 1958 | — | — | — | — |
| United States | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA | 29 Jul 1958 | (Alan Shepard) | (Explorer 1) | (Explorer 1) | (Discoverer 13) |
 Uzbekistan | The Space Research and Technology Agency under the Ministry of Digital Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan | Uzbekspace agency | 2019 | | | | |
 Venezuela | Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities | ABAE | 1 Jan 2008 | | (Venesat-1) | | |
 Vietnam | Vietnam National Space Center (Trung tâm Vũ trụ Việt Nam) | TTVTVN or VNSC VAST-VNSC | 20 Nov 2006 | (Phạm Tuân) | (Vinasat-1) | (F-1) | |
Launch capability
This group of agencies have developed or are developing launch infrastructure including space launch sites, suborbital launch technology, orbital launch systems, and reusable hardware technologies.
| Agency | Demonstrated capability | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operates launch site | Suborbital launch capable | Orbital launch capable | Cryogenic rocket engine use | Reusable systems use | |
| CONAE | (Punta Indio) | (Orión) | | | |
| ASA | (Woomera) | (Long Tom) | | | |
| AEB | (Alcântara) | (VSB-30) | | | |
| CSA | | | | | |
| CNSA | (Jiuquan) | | (Long March 1) | (YF-73) | |
| ESA | (Kourou) | | (Ariane 1) | | |
| CNES | (Kourou) | (Véronique) | (Diamant A) | | |
| ISRO | (Sriharikota) | (RH-75) | (SLV) | (CE-20) (CE-7.5) | |
| Iranian Space Agency | (Semnan) | (Safir) | (Safir) | | |
| Israel Space Agency | (Palmachim Airbase) | (Shavit 2) | (Shavit 2) | | |
| ASI) | (Salto di Quirra) | | | | |
| JAXA | (Uchinoura) | | (Lambda-4S) | ||
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regional authorities space agencies with a comparative summary of demonstrated capabilities citation needed The objectives include national prestige exploitation of remote sensing information communications education and economic development These agencies tend to be civil in nature vs military and serve to advance the benefits of exploitation and or exploration of space They span the spectrum from old organizations with small budgets to mature national or regional enterprises such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA of the United States the European Space Agency ESA which coordinates for more than 20 constituent countries the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA the Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities Roscosmos of Russia the Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO and the China National Space Agency CNSA The space agency listings are segregated to enable identification of subsets of the complete list that have advanced to higher levels or technical or programmatic proficiency in accordance with the following Establishment of agency initial exploitation of space based systems Development of launch capability Capacity for extraterrestrial exploration Demonstration of human spaceflight capability across one or more of these domains Overview As of 2024 update nearly 80 different government space agencies are in existence including more than 70 national space agencies and several international agencies Overview of space agencies Space agency Demonstrated capabilityCountry or organization Name Acronym Founded First space traveler Operates satellites Builds satellites Recoverable payloads capable African Union African Space Agency AfSA 24 January 2023 Algeria Algerian Space Agency ASAL 16 Jan 2002 Alcomsat 1 AlSAT 1 Argentina Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales CONAE 1961 CNIE 28 May 1991 CONAE Nahuel 1A ARSAT 1 Australia Australian Space Agency ASA 1986 NSP 1 Jul 2018 ASA Paul Scully Power Aussat A1 WRESAT Austria Austrian Space Agency ALR 12 Jul 1972 Franz Viehbock TUGSAT 1 UniBRITE TUGSAT 1 UniBRITE Azerbaijan Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan Azercosmos Azercosmos 2010 Azerspace 1 Bangladesh Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization SPARRSO 1980 Bangabandhu 1 BRAC Onnesha Belgium Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy BIRA IASB BISA Nov 25 1964 Dirk Frimout PROBA 1 Brazil Brazilian Space Agency AEB 10 Feb 1994 Marcos Pontes Brasilsat A1 Amazonia 1 Bulgaria Bulgarian Space Agency SRI BAS STIL BAS 1987 Georgi Ivanov Bulgaria 1300 Bulgaria 1300 Canada Canadian Space Agency CSA ASC 1 Mar 1989 Marc Garneau Alouette 1 Alouette 1 Chile Chilean Space Agency CSA 2001 China China National Space Administration CNSA 22 Apr 1993 Yang Liwei Dong Fang Hong 1 Costa Rica Costa Rican Space Agency Agencia Espacial Costarricense AEC 2021 Irazu Irazu InternationalAgenzia Spaziale Italiana ASI British National Space Centre BNSC Canadian Space Agency CSA Centre National d Etudes Spatiales CNES China National Space Administration CNSA Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft und Raumfahrt DLR European Space Agency ESA Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais INPE Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Russian Federal Space Agency RFSA Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems CCSDS 1982International Algeria Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile China Czech Republic Denmark Egypt Finland France Germany Greece Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan South Korea Malaysia Mexico Morocco Netherlands Nigeria Norway Pakistan Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Slovakia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Caribbean Community Committee on Space Research COSPAR 1958 Czech Republic Czech Space Office CSO 2003 Vladimir Remek Magion 4 VZLUSAT 2 Denmark Danish National Space Center DNSC DTU Space 1 Jan 1968 DSRI 1 Jan 2005 DNSC Andreas Mogensen Orsted Orsted Egypt Egyptian Space Agency EGSA NARSS EASRT RSC 2018 1994 1971 1994 Sara Sabry EgyptSat 1 NARSSCube 1 El Salvador Instituto Aeroespacial de El Salvador Esai ESAI 2021 Ethiopia Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute ESSTI 14 Oct 2016 ETRSS 1 ETRSS 1 Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Estonia European Union Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom European Space Agency ESA ASE EWO 1964 ESRO ELDO 30 May 1975 ESA Ulf Merbold Cos B Cos B European Union European Union Agency for the Space Programme EUSPA 12 Jul 2004 GSA 21 May 2021 EUSPA France National Centre for Space Studies CNES 19 Dec 1961 Jean Loup Chretien Asterix Asterix Germany German Aerospace Center DLR 1969 Sigmund Jahn Azur Ghana Ghana Space Science and Technology Centre GSSTI 2 Apr 2012 GhanaSat 1 GhanaSat 1 Greece Hellenic Space Centre Ellhniko Kentro Diasthmatos HSC ELKED 9 Aug 2019 Hellas Sat 2 UPSat Hungary Hungarian Space Office MUI HSO Jan 1992 Bertalan Farkas MaSat 1 MaSat 1 India Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO इसर 1962 INCOSPAR 15th Aug 1969 ISRO Rakesh Sharma Aryabhata Aryabhata Indonesia Indonesian Space Agency Previously known as LAPAN INASA Nov 27 1964 Palapa A1 Lapan TUBsat Iran Iranian Space Agency ISA 2004 Sina 1 Omid Pishgam Israel Israeli Space Agency ISA סוכנות החלל הישראלית Apr 1983 Ilan Ramon Ofeq 1 Shavit 2 Italy Italian Space Agency ASI 1988 Franco Malerba San Marco 1 San Marco 1 Japan Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA ジャクサ 1 Oct 2003 Toyohiro Akiyama Ohsumi Ohsumi Kazakhstan National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan KazCosmos KazKosmos 27 Mar 2007 Toktar Aubakirov KazSat 1 Al Farabi 1 Kenya Kenya Space Agency KSA 7 Mar 2017 1KUNS PF 1KUNS PF North Korea National Aerospace Technology Administration NATA 1980s KCST 2013 NADA 2023 NATA Kwangmyŏngsŏng 3 Unit 2 Kwangmyŏngsŏng 3 Unit 2 South Korea Korea AeroSpace Administration KASA 27 May 2024 South Korea Korea Aerospace Research Institute KARI 10 Oct 1989 Yi So yeon Koreasat 1 KITSAT 1 CELAC Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency ALCE 2022 Lithuania Lithuanian Space Association LSA 2007 LituanicaSAT 1 LituanicaSAT 1 Luxembourg Luxembourg Space Agency LSA Sep 2018 Astra 1A KSM Kleos Scouting Mission Malaysia Malaysian Space Agency MYSA 2002 Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor MEASAT 1 TiungSAT 1 Mexico Mexican Space Agency AEM 30 Jul 2010 Rodolfo Vela Morelos I UNAMSAT B Mongolia National Remote Sensing Center of Mongolia NRSC 1991 Mazaalai Mazaalai Morocco Royal Center for Remote Sensing Centre Royal de Teledetection Spatiale Ammas Amrrukan n Tallunt المركز الملكي للإستشعار البعدي الفضائي CRTS Dec 1989 Maroc Tubsat Maroc Tubsat Netherlands Netherlands Institute for Space Research SRON 1983 Wubbo Ockels ANS ANS New Zealand New Zealand Space Agency NZSA Apr 2016 Humanity Star Humanity Star Nigeria National Space Research and Development Agency NASRDA 1998 Nigeriasat 1 Nigeria EduSat 1 Norway Norwegian Space Agency NRS NSC 1987 Thor 2 nCube 2 Pakistan Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission SUPARCO سپارکو 16 Sep 1961 started working from 1964 Badr 1 Badr 1 Paraguay AEP 26 Mar 2014 GuaraniSat 1 GuaraniSat 1 Peru National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development CONIDA 11 Jun 1974 Chasqui I Philippines Philippine Space Agency PhilSA 2014 DOST ASTI 8 August 2019 PhilSA Agila 1 Diwata 1 Poland Polish Space Agency POLSA 29 Sep 1976 CBK PAN 26 Sep 2014 POLSA Miroslaw Hermaszewski Lem Lem Portugal Portugal Space PTSPACE 2019 PoSAT 1 PoSAT 1 Romania Romanian Space Agency ASR ROSA 1991 Dumitru Prunariu Goliat Goliat Russia Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities Roscosmos Roskosmos 25 Feb 1992 Aleksandr Volkov Kosmos 2175 Kosmos 2175 Soyuz TM 14 Rwanda Rwanda Space Agency RSA 2021 RWASAT 1 RWASAT 1 Saudi Arabia Saudi Space Agency SSA 1977 KACST SRI 2018 SSC SSA Sultan Bin Salman Arabsat 1A SaudiSat 4 Singapore CRISP 1995 ST 1 X Sat South Africa South African National Space Agency SANSA 9 Dec 2010 SUNSAT SUNSAT Soviet Union Soviet space program SSSR Kosmicheskaya programma 1955 disbanded 25 Dec 1991 Yuri Gagarin Sputnik 1 Sputnik 1 Korabl Sputnik 2 Spain Agencia Espacial Espanola AEE 2023 Pedro Duque Hispasat 1A Intasat Sweden Swedish National Space Agency SNSA 1972 Christer Fuglesang Viking Switzerland Swiss Space Office SSO 1998 SwissCube 1 SwissCube 1 Syria Syrian Space Agency SSA 18 Mar 2014 Muhammed Faris Taiwan Taiwan Space Agency TASA 3 Oct 1991 ST 1 Formosat 1 Thailand Geo Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency GISTDA sthxph 3 Nov 2000 Thaicom 1 KNACKSAT Tunisia French Arabic المركز الوطني للإستشعار عن بعد National Remote Sensing Center of Tunisia CNCT 1988 Challenge 1 Challenge 1 Turkey Turkish Space Agency Turkiye Uzay Ajansi TUA 1985 TUBITAK UZAY 13 Dec 2018 TUA Alper Gezeravci Turksat 1A Gokturk 2 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan National Space Agency TNSA 2011 TurkmenAlem52E MonacoSAT Ukraine State Space Agency of Ukraine SSAU 2 Mar 1992 Leonid Kadeniuk Sich 1 United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre UAESA 2014 Hazza Al Mansouri Thuraya 2 KhalifaSat United Kingdom United Kingdom Space Agency UKSA 1 Apr 2010 Helen Sharman Ariel 1 Prospero United Nations United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space UNCOPUOS Dec 12 1959 United Nations United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs UNOOSA 13 Dec 1958 United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA 29 Jul 1958 Alan Shepard Explorer 1 Explorer 1 Discoverer 13 Uzbekistan The Space Research and Technology Agency under the Ministry of Digital Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan Uzbekspace agency 2019 Venezuela Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities ABAE 1 Jan 2008 Venesat 1 Vietnam Vietnam National Space Center Trung tam Vũ trụ Việt Nam TTVTVN or VNSC VAST VNSC 20 Nov 2006 Phạm Tuan Vinasat 1 F 1 Launch capability This group of agencies have developed or are developing launch infrastructure including space launch sites suborbital launch technology orbital launch systems and reusable hardware technologies Overview of space agency launch capabilities Agency Demonstrated capabilityOperates launch site Suborbital launch capable Orbital launch capable Cryogenic rocket engine use Reusable systems useCONAE Punta Indio Orion ASA Woomera Long Tom AEB Alcantara VSB 30 CSACNSA Jiuquan Long March 1 YF 73 Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Poland Romania Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom ESA Kourou Ariane 1 CNES Kourou Veronique Diamant A ISRO Sriharikota RH 75 SLV CE 20 CE 7 5 Iranian Space Agency Semnan Safir Safir Israel Space Agency Palmachim Airbase Shavit 2 Shavit 2 ASI Salto di Quirra JAXA Uchinoura Lambda 4S img
