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

List of government space agencies

Section Title: List of space agencies
Table Section Text: The capabilities of the space agencies are color-coded as follows

Name	Initialisms/Acronym	Country	Founded	Terminated	Capabilities of the space agency	Ref(s)

Astronauts	Operates Satellites	Sounding Rockets capable	Recoverable Biological Sounding Rockets capable

Air Force Space Command	AFSPC	United States	1 September 1982	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Australian Space Agency	ASA	Australia	1st July 2018	—	No	Yes	Yes	No

Belarus Space Agency	BSA	Belarus	2010	—	No	No	Yes	No

Central American Association for Aeronautics and Space (Spanish: Asociación Centroamericana de Aeronáutica y el Espacio)	ACAE	Costa Rica	2010	—	No	Yes	No	No

Aeronautics and Space Research and Diffusion Center (Spanish: Centro de Investigación y Difusión Aeronáutico-Espacial)	CIDA-E	Uruguay	5 August 1975	—	No	No	No	No	—

Mexican Space Agency (Spanish: Agencia Espacial Mexicana)	AEM	Mexico	30 July 2010	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	—

Algerian Space Agency French: Agence Spatiale Algérienne Berber: Tafullut Tadzayrit n Tallunt Arabic: الوكالة الفضائية الجزائرية‎	ASAL	Algeria	16 January 2002	—	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	International China Pakistan Thailand	February 1992	—	No	Yes	No	No	—

Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization Chinese: 亚太空间合作组织	APSCO	International Bangladesh China Indonesia Iran Mongolia Pakistan Peru Thailand Turkey	28 October 2005	—	No	Yes	No	No	—

German: Agentur für Luft- und Raumfahrt (Aeronautics and Space Agency); also Austrian Space Agency; (Austrian Solar and Space Agency 1977–1987)	ALR	Austria	12 July 1972	—	No	No	No	No

Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Milli Aerokosmik Agentliyinin (Azerbaijan National Aerospace Agency) (Azerbaijan National Aerospace Agency 1974–2013 AzerCosmos)	AMAKA	Azerbaijan	21 February 1974	—	No	Yes	No	No	—

Bahrain’s National Space Science Agency (NSSA)	NSSA	Bahrain	9 April 2014	—	No	No	No	No

Dutch: Belgisch Instituut voor Ruimte-Aëronomie French: Institut d’Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique (Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy)	BIRA IASB BISA	Belgium	25 November 1964	—	Yes	No	No	No

Spanish: Agencia Bolivariana para Actividades Espaciales (Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities)	ABAE	Venezuela	1 January 2008	—	No	Yes	No	No

Portuguese: Agência Espacial Brasileira (Brazilian Space Agency)	AEB	Brazil	10 February 1994	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

UK Space Agency	UKSA	United Kingdom	1 April 2010	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Bolivian Space Agency Spanish: Agencia Boliviana Espacial	ABE	Bolivia	2012	—	No	Yes	No	No

Bulgarian: Българска академия на науките (Space Research Institute, Solar-Terrestrial Influences Institute) Bulgarian Space Agency	ИКИ-БАН SRI-BAS ИСЗВ-БАН STIL-BAS	Bulgaria	1987	—	Yes	Yes	No	No

Canadian Space Agency French: Agence spatiale canadienne	CSA ASC	Canada	1 March 1989	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

China National Space Administration (Chinese: 国家航天局)	CNSA	China	22 April 1993	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Spanish: Comisión Colombiana del Espacio (Colombian Space Commission)	CCE	Colombia	18 July 2006	—	No	Yes	No	No

Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing	CRISP	Singapore	1995	—	No	Yes	No	No

Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems	CCSDS	-	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

Czech: Ministerstvo dopravy České republiky (Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic - Space Technologies and Satellite Systems Department)	[1] Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic	Czech Republic	2003	—	No	No	No	No

Danish: Danmarks Rumcenter (Danish National Space Center)	DRC DNSC	Denmark	1 January 1968	31 December 2006	Yes	No	No	No

Danish: Dansk Rumforskningsinstitut (Danish Space Research Institute)	DRKI[permanent dead link] DSRI	Denmark	1 January 2005	31 December 2006	No	Yes	No	No

European Space Agency (French: Agence spatiale européenne) (German: Europäische Weltraumorganisation)	ESA ASE EWO	ESA Austria Belgium Canada 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

Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Thai: สำนักงานพัฒนาเทคโนโลยีอวกาศและภูมิสารสนเทศ)	GISTDA สทอภ	Thailand	3 November 2002	—	No	Yes	No	No

German: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Center)	DLR	Germany	1969	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Hungarian: Magyar Űrkutatási Iroda (Hungarian Space Office)	MŰI HSO	Hungary	January 1992	—	No	Yes	No	No

Indian Space Research Organisation (Hindi: भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन)	ISRO इसरो	India	15 August 1969	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Greek: Ινστιτούτο Διαστημικών Εφαρμογών και Τηλεπισκόπησης (Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing)	ΙΔΕΤ ISARS	Greece	1955	—	No	Yes	No	No

Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial	INTA	Spain	1942	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Iranian Space Agency (Persian: سازمان فضایی ایران‎)	ISA	Iran	2003	—	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

Israeli Space Agency (Hebrew: סוכנות החלל הישראלית‎)	ISA סל"ה	Israel	April 1983	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Italian Space Agency (Italian: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana)	ASI	Italy	1988	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japanese: 宇宙航空研究開発機構)	JAXA	Japan	1 October 2003	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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 (Korean: 조선우주공간기술위원회)	KCST	North Korea	1980s	2013	No	Yes	Yes	No

National Aerospace Development Administration (Korean: 국가우주개발국)	NADA	North Korea	2013	—	No	Yes	Yes	No

Korea Aerospace Research Institute (Korean: 한국항공우주연구원)	KARI	South Korea	10 October 1989	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Lithuanian Space Association	LSA	Lithuania	2007	—	No	Yes	No	No

Malaysian National Space Agency (Malay: Agensi Angkasa Negara)	ANGKASA	Malaysia	2002	—	Yes	Yes	No	No

National Aeronautics and Space Administration	NASA	United States	1 October 1958	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (Arabic: الهيئة العامة للاستشعار عن بعد وعلوم الفضاء‎)	NARSS	Egypt	1994	—	No	Yes	No	No

French: Centre National d’Études Spatiales (National Center of Space Research)	CNES	France	19 December 1961	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Paraguayan Space Agency (Spanish: Agencia Espacial del Paraguay)	AEP	Paraguay	26 March 2014	—	No	No	No	No	—

Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Aeroespacial (National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development)	CONIDA	Peru	11 June 1974	—	No	Yes	Yes	No

Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Investigaciones Espaciales (National Commission for Space Research)	CNIE	Argentina	1961	1991	No	No	Yes	Yes

Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (National Space Activities Commission)	CONAE	Argentina	28 May 1991	—	No	Yes	Yes	No

Indonesian: Lembaga Antariksa dan Penerbangan Nasional (National Institute of Aeronautics and Space)	LAPAN	Indonesia	27 November 1964	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

National Remote Sensing Center of Mongolia	NRSC	Mongolia	1987	—	No	No	No	No

French: Centre national de la cartographie et de la télédétection (Arabic: المركز الوطني للإستشعار عن بعد‎) (National Remote Sensing Center of Tunisia)	CNT	Tunisia	1988	—	No	No	No	No	—

Uzbek State Space Research Agency (UzbekCosmos)	USSRA (UzbekCosmos)	Uzbekistan	2001	—	No	No	No	No	[2]

Ukrainian: Національне космічне агентство України (National Space Agency of Ukraine)	НКАУ NSAU	Ukraine	2 March 1992	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[3]

National Space Organization (Chinese: 國家太空中心)	NSPO	Republic of China (Taiwan)	3 October 1991	—	No	Yes	Yes	No

National Space Research and Development Agency	NASRDA	Nigeria	1998	—	No	Yes	No	No

Dutch: Stichting Ruimteonderzoek Nederland (Netherlands Institute for Space Research)	SRON	Netherlands	1983	—	Yes	Yes	No	No

Norwegian: Norsk Romsenter (Norwegian Space Centre)	NRS NSC	Norway	1987	—	No	Yes	Yes	No

Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Urdu: پاکستان خلائی و بالا فضائی تحقی‍قاتی کمیشن‎)	SUPARCO سپارکو	Pakistan	16 September 1961	—	No	Yes	Yes	No

Portuguese: Gabinete do Espaço da FCT (FCT Space Office)	FCT SO	Portugal	2009	—	No	No	No	No	—

Portugal Space	—	Portugal	2019	—	No	No	No	No

Romanian: Agenţia Spaţială Română (Romanian Space Agency)	ASR ROSA	Romania	1991	—	Yes	Yes	No	No

former Egypt Remote Sensing Center	EASRT-RSC	Egypt	1971	1994	No	No	No	No

French: Centre Royal de Télédétection Spatiale Berber: Ammas Amrrukan n Tallunt (Arabic: المركز الملكي للإستشعار البعدي الفضائي‎) (Royal Center for Remote Sensing)	CRTS	Morocco	December 1989	—	No	Yes	No	No	—

Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство (Russian Federal Space Agency)	ROSCOSMOS	Russia	c.1992	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Sri Lanka Space Agency	SLSA	Sri Lanka	2010 (Proposed)[needs update]	—	No	Yes	No	No

Turkish: Türkiye Uzay Ajansı (Turkish Space Agency)	TUA	Turkey	2018	—	No	Yes	No	No

Russian: Советская космическая программа (Soviet space program)	СССР	Soviet Union	ca. 1955	ca. 1991	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization	SPARRSO	Bangladesh	1980	—	No	No	No	No

Polish: Polska Agencja Kosmiczna POLSA (Polish Space Agency)	POLSA POLSA	Poland	2014	—	Yes	Yes	No	No

South African National Space Agency	SANSA	South Africa	9 December 2010	—	No	No	No	No

Space Research Institute of Saudi Arabia (Arabic: معهد بحوث الفضاء‎)	KACST-SRI	Saudi Arabia	—	—	No	Yes	No	No	—

Vietnamese: Viện Công nghệ vũ trụ Việt Nam (Space Technology Institute (Vietnam))	CNVT or STI VAST-STI	Vietnam	20 November 2006	—	Yes	Yes	No	No

Swedish: Rymdstyrelsen (Swedish National Space Agency)	SNSA	Sweden	1972	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Swiss Space Office	SSO	Switzerland	1998	—	No	No	No	No

Turkmenistan National Space Agency	Turkmenistan	2011	—	No	No	No	No

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs	UNOOSA	United Nations	13 December 1958	—	—	—	—	—

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 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 Saudi Arabia Senegal Sierra Leone Slovakia South Africa Spain Sudan Sweden Switzerland Syria Thailand Turkey United Kingdom United States Ukraine Uruguay Venezuela Vietnam	12 December 1959	—	—	—	—	—	—

United Arab Emirates Space Agency (Arabic: وكالةالإمارات للفضاء‎)	UAESA	United Arab Emirates	2014	—	No	Yes	No	No

Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (Arabic: على مركز محمد بن راشد للفضاء‎)	MBRSC	Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates	6 February 2006 (as EIAST) 2015 (as MBRSC)	—	No	Yes	No	No

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