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Summary

This is a list of government agencies engaged in activities related to outer space and space exploration.

As of 2018, 72 different government space agencies are in existence; 14 of those have launch capability. Six government space agencies—the China National Space Administration (CNSA), the European Space Agency (ESA), the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Russian Federal Space Agency (RFSA or Roscosmos)—have full launch capabilities; these include the ability to launch and recover multiple satellites, deploy cryogenic rocket engines and operate space probes.

The name given is the English version, with the native language version below. The acronym given is the most common acronym: this can either be the acronym of the English version (e.g. JAXA), or the acronym in the native language. Where there are multiple acronyms in common use, the English one is given first.

The date of the founding of the space agency is the date of first operations where applicable. If the space agency is no longer running, then the date when it was terminated (i.e. the last day of operations) is given. A link to the Agency's primary website is also given.

List of space agencies

The capabilities of the space agencies are color-coded as follows

Human Lunar Exploration + Operates Space Station + Human Spaceflight + Operates Extraterrestrial Probes + Launch Capability + Operates Satellites

Space station + Human Spaceflight + Operates Extraterrestrial Probes + Launch Capability + Operates Satellites

Human spaceflight + Operates Extraterrestrial Probes + Launch Capability + Operates Satellites

Operates Extraterrestrial Probes + Launch Capability + Operates Satellites

Launch Capability + Operates Satellites

Operates Satellites

None Of The Above

Name	Initialisms/Acronym	Country	Founded	Terminated	Capabilities of the space agency				Ref(s)
Name	Initialisms/Acronym	Country	Founded	Terminated	Astronauts	Operates Satellites	Sounding Rockets capable	Recoverable Biological Sounding Rockets capable	Ref(s)
Australian Space Agency	ASA	Australia	1 July 2018	—	No	Yes	Yes	No	^[1]^[2]^{[citation needed]}
Belarus Space Agency	BSA	Belarus	2009	—	No	No	Yes	No	^[3]
Central American Association for Aeronautics and Space (Asociación Centroamericana de Aeronáutica y el Espacio)	ACAE	Costa Rica	2010	—	No	Yes	No	No	^[4]
Croatian Space Agency (Hrvatska Svemirska Agencija)	CROSA HSA	Croatia	2007	—	No	Yes	No	No	^[5]
Mexican Space Agency	AEM	Mexico	30 July 2010	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	—
Algerian Space Agency	ASAL	Algeria	16 January 2002	—	No	Yes	Yes	No	—
Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization	APSCO	International Bangladesh China Indonesia Iran Mongolia Pakistan Peru Thailand Turkey	28 October 2005	—	No	Yes	No	No	—
Austrian Space Agency	ALR	Austria	12 July 1972	—	No	No	No	No	^[6]^[7]
Azerbaijan National Aerospace Agency^[8]	AMAKA	Azerbaijan	21 February 1974	—	No	Yes	No	No	—
National Space Science Agency	NSSA	Bahrain	9 April 2014	—	No	No	No	No	^[9]
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy	BIRA IASB BISA	Belgium	25 November 1964	—	Yes	No	No	No	^[10]
Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities	ABAE	Venezuela	1 January 2008	—	No	Yes	No	No	^[11]
Brazilian Space Agency	AEB	Brazil	10 February 1994	—	Yes	Yes	Yes^[12]	No	^[13]
UK Space Agency	UKSA	United Kingdom	1 April 2010	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	^{[citation needed]}
Bolivian Space Agency	ABE	Bolivia	2012	—	No	Yes	No	No	^[14]^[15]^[16]
Bulgarian Space Agency	ИКИ-БАН SRI-BAS ИСЗВ-БАН STIL-BAS	Bulgaria	1987	—	Yes	Yes	No	No	^[17]
Canadian Space Agency	CSA ASC	Canada	1 March 1989	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	^[18]
China National Space Administration	CNSA	China	22 April 1993	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[19]
Colombian Space Commission	CCE	Colombia	18 July 2006	—	No	Yes	No	No	^[20]
Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing	CRISP	Singapore	1995	—	No	Yes	No	No
Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems	CCSDS	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)	1982	—	No	No	No	No	—
Committee on Space Research	COSPAR	International Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Belgium Bulgaria Brazil Canada China Republic of China (Taiwan) Czech Republic Denmark Egypt Finland France Germany Greece Hungary India Indonesia Iran Israel Italy Japan Mexico Netherlands Nigeria Norway Pakistan Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States Caribbean Community	1958	—	No	No	No	No	^[21]^[22]^[23]
Czech: Ministerstvo dopravy České republiky (Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic - Space Technologies and Satellite Systems Department^{[citation needed]}^[24])	[1] Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic	Czech Republic	2003^{[citation needed]}	—	Yes	No	No	No	^[24]
Danish National Space Center	DRC DNSC	Denmark	1 January 1968	31 December 2006	Yes	No	No	No	^{[citation needed]}
Danish Space Research Institute	DRKI^{[permanent dead link]} DSRI	Denmark	1 January 2005	31 December 2006	No	Yes	No	No	^{[citation needed]}
European Space Agency	ESA ASE EWO	ESA 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	31 May 1975	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[25]^[26]
Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency	GISTDA สทอภ	Thailand	3 November 2002	—	No	Yes	No	No	^[27]
Serbian Office for Space Sciences, Research and Development	SERBSPACE	Serbia	August 2016	—	No	Yes	No	No	—
German Aerospace Center	DLR	Germany	1969	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	^[28]
Hungarian Space Office	MŰI HSO	Hungary	January 1992	—	No	Yes	No	No
Indian Space Research Organisation	ISRO इसरो	India	15 August 1969	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[29]^[30]^[31]
Greek: Ελληνικό Κέντρο Διαστήματος (Hellenic Space Center)	ΕΛΚΕΔ HSC	Greece	9 August 2019	—	No	No	No	No	^{[citation needed]}
Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial	INTA	Spain	1942	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	^[32]^[33]^[34]
Iranian Space Agency	ISA	Iran	2004	—	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[35]^[36]^[37]
Israeli Space Agency	ISA סל"ה	Israel	April 1983	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	^{[citation needed]}
Italian Space Agency	ASI	Italy	1988	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	^[38]^[39]
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency	JAXA	Japan	1 October 2003	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[40]^[41]
Luxembourg Space Agency	LSA	Luxembourg	September 2018	—	No	No	No	No	—^[42]
National Space Agency (KazCosmos); Kazakh Space Research Institute	NSA (KazCosmos); SRI	Kazakhstan	1991	—	Yes	Yes	No	No	—
New Zealand Space Agency	NZSA	New Zealand	April 2016	—	No	No	No	No	—
Korean Committee of Space Technology	KCST	North Korea	1980s	2013	No	Yes	Yes	No	^[43]^[44]^[45]
National Aerospace Development Administration	NADA	North Korea	2013	—	No	Yes	Yes	No	^[46]
Korea Aerospace Research Institute	KARI	South Korea	10 October 1989	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	^{[citation needed]}
Lithuanian Space Association^{[citation needed]}	LSA	Lithuania	2007	—	No	Yes	No	No	^[47]
Malaysian Space Agency	MYSA	Malaysia	2002	—	Yes	Yes	No	No	^[48]
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	NASA	United States	1 October 1958	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[49]
National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	NARSS	Egypt	1994	—	No	Yes	No	No	^[50]
National Space Program	NSP	Australia	1986	1996	No	Yes	No	No	^[51]
CNES	CNES	France	19 December 1961	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	^[52]
Paraguayan Space Agency (Agencia Espacial de Paraguay)	AEP	Paraguay	26 March 2014	—	No	No	No	No	—
National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development	CONIDA	Peru	11 June 1974	—	No	Yes	Yes	No	^[53]
Philippine Space Agency	PhilSA	Philippines	8 August 2019	—	No	Yes	No	No	^[55]^[56]
Comisión Nacional de Investigaciones Espaciales	CNIE	Argentina	1961	1991	No	No	Yes	Yes	^[57]^[58]
Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales	CONAE	Argentina	28 May 1991	—	No	Yes	Yes	No	^[57]
National Institute of Aeronautics and Space	LAPAN	Indonesia	27 November 1964	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	^{[citation needed]}
National Remote Sensing Center of Mongolia^{[citation needed]}	NRSC	Mongolia	1987	—	No	No	No	No	^[59]
French: Centre national de la cartographie et de la télédétection (Arabic: المركز الوطني للإستشعار عن بعد‎) (National Remote Sensing Center of Tunisia)^{[citation needed]}	CNCT	Tunisia	1988	—	No	No	No	No	—
Uzbek State Space Research Agency (UzbekCosmos)	USSRA (UzbekCosmos)	Uzbekistan	2001	—	No	No	No	No	[2]^[60]
State Space Agency of Ukraine	ДКАУ SSAU	Ukraine	2 March 1992	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[3]
National Space Organization	NSPO	Republic of China (Taiwan)	3 October 1991	—	No	Yes	Yes	No	^[61]
National Space Research and Development Agency	NASRDA	Nigeria	1998	—	No	Yes	No	No	^{[citation needed]}
Netherlands Institute for Space Research	SRON	Netherlands	1983	—	Yes	Yes	No	No	^{[citation needed]}
Norwegian Space Centre	NRS NSC	Norway	1987	—	No	Yes	Yes	No	^[62]
Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission	SUPARCO سپارکو	Pakistan	16 September 1961	—	No	Yes	Yes	No	^{[citation needed]}
Portugal Space	—	Portugal	2019	—	No	No	No	No	^[63]^[64]
Romanian Space Agency	ASR ROSA	Romania	1991	—	Yes	Yes	No	No	^{[citation needed]}
Egypt Remote Sensing Center (defunct)	EASRT-RSC	Egypt	1971	1994	No	No	No	No	^[50]
French: Centre Royal de Télédétection Spatiale Berber: Ammas Amrrukan n Tallunt (Arabic: المركز الملكي للإستشعار البعدي الفضائي‎) (Royal Center for Remote Sensing)^{[citation needed]}	CRTS	Morocco	December 1989	—	No	No	No	No	—
Russian Federal Space Agency	ROSCOSMOS	Russia	c.1992	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	^{[citation needed]}
Turkish Space Agency	TUA	Turkey	2018	—	No	Yes	Yes	No	^[65]^[66]^[67]
Soviet space program	СССР	Soviet Union	ca. 1955	ca. 1991	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	^{[citation needed]}
Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization	SPARRSO	Bangladesh	1980	—	No	No	No	No	^[68]
Polish Space Agency	POLSA POLSA	Poland	2014	—	Yes	Yes	No	No	^{[citation needed]}
South African National Space Agency	SANSA	South Africa	9 December 2010	—	No	No	No	No	^[69]
Space Research Institute of Saudi Arabia^{[citation needed]} (Arabic: معهد بحوث الفضاء‎)	KACST-SRI	Saudi Arabia	—	—	No	Yes	No	No	—
Space Technology Institute (Viện Công nghệ vũ trụ Việt Nam)	CNVT or STI VAST-STI	Vietnam	20 November 2006	—	Yes	Yes	No	No	^[70]
Swedish National Space Agency	SNSA	Sweden	1972	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	^{[citation needed]}
Swiss Space Office	SSO	Switzerland	1998	—	No	No	No	No	^[71]^[72]
Turkmenistan National Space Agency	TNSA	Turkmenistan	2011	—	No	Yes	No	No	^[73]
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs	UNOOSA	United Nations	13 December 1958	—	—	—	—	—	^[74]
United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space	UNCOPUOS	International Caribbean Community Albania Algeria Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Benin Bolivia Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Canada Chad Chile China Colombia Cuba Czech Republic Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt France Hungary Germany Greece India Indonesia Iran Iraq Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Lebanon Libya Malaysia Mexico Mongolia Netherlands Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Pakistan Peru Philippines Poland Portugal South Korea Romania Russia Rwanda Saudi Arabia Senegal Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia South Africa Spain Sudan Sweden Switzerland Syria Thailand Turkey United Kingdom United States Ukraine Uruguay Venezuela Vietnam	12 December 1959	—	—	—	—	—	^[75]
United Arab Emirates Space Agency	UAESA	United Arab Emirates	2014	—	Yes	Yes	No	No	^[76]
Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre	MBRSC	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	6 February 2006 (as EIAST) 2015 (as MBRSC)	—	Yes	Yes	No	No	^[77]
United States Space Force	USSF	United States	20 December 2019	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[78]^[79]^[80]
Syrian Space Agency	SSA	Syria	18 March 2014	—	No	No	No	No	^[81]^[82]^[83]^[84]

List of space agencies with launch capability

Space agency		Country	Founded	Terminated	Capabilities of the space agency					Ref(s)
Name	Acronym	Country	Founded	Terminated	Launch capable	Multiple Satellites Launch capable	Developed and Deployed Cryogenic Rocket Engines	Operates Extraterrestrial Probe	Recoverable Satellites capable	Ref(s)
Australian Space Agency	ASA	Australia	1 July 2018	—	Yes	No	No	No	No	^[1]^[2]^{[citation needed]}
China National Space Administration	CNSA	People's Republic of China	22 April 1993	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[19]
European Space Agency	ESA ASE EWO	ESA Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Poland Romania Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom	31 May 1975	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[25]^[26]
Iranian Space Agency	ISA ISA	Iran	2004	—	Yes	No	No	No	No
Israeli Space Agency	ISA סל"ה	Israel	April 1983	—	Yes	No	No	No	No	^{[citation needed]}
Italian Space Agency	ASI	Italy	1988	—	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	^[85]
National Aerospace Development Administration	KCST	North Korea	1980s	—	Yes	No	No	No	No	^{[citation needed]}
Korea Aerospace Research Institute	KARI 항우연	South Korea	October 1989	—	Yes	No	No	No	No	^{[citation needed]}
Indian Space Research Organisation	ISRO इसरो	India	15 August 1969	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[29]^[30]^[31]
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency	JAXA	Japan	1 October 2003	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[40]
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	NASA	United States	1 October 1958	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[49]
French: Centre National d’Études Spatiales	CNES	France	19 December 1961	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	^[52]
State Space Agency of Ukraine	ДКАУ SSAU	Ukraine	2 March 1992	—	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	^{[citation needed]}
Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)	ROSCOSMOS RFSA	Russia	ca. 1992	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	^{[citation needed]}
Soviet space program	СССР	Soviet Union	ca. 1955	ca. 1991	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	^{[citation needed]}
United States Space Force	USSF	United States	20 December 2019	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	^[78]^[79]^[80]

List of space agencies with human spaceflight capability

Space agency		Country	Founded	Terminated	Accomplished tasks by the space agency					Ref(s)
Name	Acronym	Country	Founded	Terminated	Human Spaceflight capable	Human Space launch capable	Spacewalk capable	Space Rendezvous and Docking capable	Operates Space Station	Ref(s)
China National Space Administration	CNSA	People's Republic of China	April 22, 1993	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[19]^[86]
Russian Federal Space Agency	ROSCOSMOS RFSA	Russia	December 26, 1991 Dissolution of Soviet Union	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[87]
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	NASA	United States	October 1, 1958	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	^[49]
Soviet space program	СССР	Soviet Union	July 22, 1951	December 26, 1991 Dissolution of Soviet Union	October 2, 1991 (1991-10-02) last	October 2, 1991 (1991-10-02) last	July 27, 1991 (1991-07-27) last	December 26, 1991 (1991-12-26) last	December 26, 1991 (1991-12-26) last	^[87]

List of space agencies with lunar landing capability

Space agency		Country	Founded	Terminated	Accomplished tasks by the space agency						Ref(s)
Name	Acronym	Country	Founded	Terminated	Circumlunar Crewed Spaceflight	Controlled impact with Lunar surface	Uncrewed Moon Soft Landing	Uncrewed (automated) lunar rover operation	Automated Lunar sample return mission	Crewed Moon Landing and sample return	Ref(s)
China National Space Administration	CNSA	People's Republic of China	22 April 1993	—	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	^[19]
Indian Space Research Organisation	ISRO इसरो	India	15 August 1969	—	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	^[29]^[30]^[31]
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	NASA	United States	1 October 1958	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	^[49]
Soviet space program	СССР	Soviet Union	ca. 1955	1991	No	Yes	Yes	Yes^[88]	Yes^[89]^[90]	No	^[91]

Expected and proposed future space agencies

Space agency		Country/Countries	Expected date of formation	Current status	Ref(s)
Name	Acronym	Country/Countries	Expected date of formation	Current status	Ref(s)
Sri Lanka Aeronautics and Space Agency	SLASA	Sri Lanka	2021	Immediate goal is to construct and launch two satellites. Sri Lankan Telecommunications Regulatory Commission has signed an agreement with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd to get relevant help and resources.	^[92]
African Space Agency	AfSA	African Union	2023	Proposed in 2015. AU plans to launch the agency by 2019 with a proposed headquarter in Cairo, Egypt. Funded by Egypt. See the stamp issued by Egypt on 19 September 2019.	^[93]·^[94]·^[95]·^[96].^[97]
Armenian Space Agency	ArmCosmos	Armenia	—	Proposed in 2013 with the goal to launch satellites. Negotiating with the International Telecommunications Union to clear the path for its prospective launch.	^[98]
Australia-New Zealand Space Agency	ANZSA	Australia New Zealand	—	Proposed in 2020, status unknown.	^[99]
South American Space Agency		South America	—	Proposed in 2011, at progress stage	^[100]
Caribbean Space Agency		Caribbean Community	—	Proposed in 2017, at progress stage	^[101]
Cambodian Aeronautics and Space Agency		Cambodia	—	Proposed in 2016, at progress stage	^[102]
Haiti Space Agency	HSA	Haiti	—	Proposed in 2018, at progress stage	^[103]

Budgets

The annual budgets listed are the official budgets for national space agencies available in public domain. The budgets are not normalized to the expenses of space research in different countries, i.e. higher budget does not necessarily mean more activity or better performance in space exploration.^[104]^[105] Budget could be used for different projects: e.g. GPS is maintained from the US defence budget, whereas ESA's money is used for developing the European Galileo positioning system^{[citation needed]}. The data for authoritarian countries are unreliable. For European contributors to ESA, the national budgets shown include also their contributions to ESA.

Budgets of different space agencies.
Agency (country/region)	Budget (in millions of US $)
NASA (USA)	22,629
CNSA (China)	11,000
ESA (Europe)	7,430
DLR (Germany)	4,233
CNES (France)	3,024
Roscosmos (Russia)	2,530
ISRO (India)	1,900
ASI (Italy)	1,800
JAXA (Japan)	1,699
KARI (South Korea)	583
UKSA (UK)	500
ISA and ISRC (Iran)	393
ASA (Algeria)	360
CSA (Canada)	246
ISAB (Belgium)	224
INTA (Spain)	211
SSO (Switzerland)	177
NSO (Netherlands)	110
SNSA (Sweden)	100
NOSA (Norway)	97
SSAU (Ukraine)	80
ALR (Austria)	75
AEB (Brazil)	47
CONAE (Argentina)	45
ISA (Israel)	14.5

Country/ region	Agency	Budget (in millions of US $)	Reference	Year
United States	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	22,629	^[106]^[107]	2020
China	China National Space Administration	11,000	^[108]	2018
Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark European Union Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom	European Space Agency	7,430	^[109]	2020
Germany	German Aerospace Center	4,233	^[110]	2017
France	French Space Agency	3,024	^[111]	2020
Russia	Russian Federal Space Agency	2,530	^[112]	2020
India	Indian Space Research Organisation	1,900	^[113]	2020
Italy	Italian Space Agency	1,800	^[114]	2016
Japan	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency	1,699	^[115]	2017
South Korea	Korea Aerospace Research Institute	583	^[116]	2016
United Kingdom	UK Space Agency	500	^[117]	2017
Iran	Iranian Space Agency and Iranian Space Research Center	393	^[118]	2018-19
Algeria	Algerian Space Agency	360	^[119]	2015
Canada	Canadian Space Agency	246	^[120]	2018
Belgium	Interfederal Space Agency of Belgium	224	^[121]	2018
Spain	Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial	211	^[122]	2018
Switzerland	Swiss Space Office	177	^[109]	2019
Netherlands	Netherlands Space Office	110	^[123]	2013
Sweden	Swedish National Space Agency	100	^[124]	2011
Norway	Norwegian Space Agency	97	^[125]	2014
Ukraine	State Space Agency of Ukraine	80	^[126]
Austria	Austrian Space Agency	75	^[127]	2018
Poland	Polish Space Agency	61.5	[ref]	2019-2021
Brazil	Brazilian Space Agency	47	^[128]	2018
Israel	Israel Space Agency	14.5	^[129]	2019
Argentina	Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales	45	^[130]	2019
Pakistan	Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission	45	^[131]^[132]	2018-19
Philippines	Philippine Space Agency	38	^[133]	2019
Nigeria	National Space Research and Development Agency	32.3	^[134]	2019
South Africa	South African National Space Agency	11.8	^[135]	2014-15
Mexico	Mexican Space Agency	8.34	^[136]	2010
Australia	Australian Space Agency	32	^[137]^[138]	2019
Turkey	Turkish Space Agency	4.3	^[139]	2019
World	All space agencies (Total of listed budgets)	About 60,482

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