As of 2024,^[update] nearly 80 different government space agencies are in existence, including more than 70 national space agencies and several international agencies. Initial competencies demonstrated include the funding and nomination of candidates to serve as astronauts, cosmonauts, or taikonauts with the countries/organizations executing human spaceflight solutions. Other demonstrated capabilities include the operation of a satellite (e.g. a communications or remote sensing system) largely developed and/or delivered by a third party, the domestic development of a satellite system, and the capacity to recover a science payload from a sub-orbital or orbital mission. Several space agencies, both national and international, have demonstrated all four of those capabilities.^{[citation needed]}

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Overview of space 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^[1]		(Alcomsat-1)	(AlSAT-1)
Argentina	Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales^[2]	CONAE	1961 (CNIE) 28 May 1991 (CONAE)		(Nahuel 1A)	(ARSAT-1)
Australia	Australian Space Agency^[3]	ASA	1986 (NSP) 1 Jul 2018 (ASA)^[4]^[5]	(Paul Scully-Power)	(Aussat A1)	(WRESAT)
Austria	Austrian Space Agency^[6]^[7]	ALR	12 Jul 1972	(Franz Viehböck)
Azerbaijan	Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azercosmos)^[8]	Azercosmos	2010		(Azerspace-1)
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization^[9]	SPARRSO	1980		(Bangabandhu-1)
Belgium	Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy^[10]	BIRA IASB BISA	Nov 25, 1964	(Dirk Frimout)
Brazil	Brazilian Space Agency^[11]^[12]	AEB	10 Feb 1994	(Marcos Pontes)	(Brasilsat A1)	(Amazônia-1)
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Space Agency^[13]	SRI-BAS STIL-BAS	1987	(Georgi Ivanov)	(Bulgaria 1300)
Canada	Canadian Space Agency^[14]	CSA ASC	1 Mar 1989	(Marc Garneau)	(Alouette 1)	(Alouette 1)
Chile	Chilean Space Agency	CSA	2001
China	China National Space Administration^[15]	CNSA	22 Apr 1993	(Yang Liwei)		(Dong Fang Hong 1)
Costa Rica	Costa Rican Space Agency (Agencia Espacial Costarricense)^[16]	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^[17]	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 Mexico 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^[18]^[19]^[20]	COSPAR	1958
Czech Republic	Czech Space Office^[21]	CSO	2003^[22]	(Vladimír Remek)
Denmark	Danish National Space Center^[23]	DNSC DTU Space	1 Jan 1968 (DSRI) 1 Jan 2005 (DNSC)	(Andreas Mogensen)	(Ørsted)
Egypt	Egyptian Space Agency^[24]^[25]	EGSA NARSS^[26] EASRT-RSC	2018 1994 1971–1994	(Sara Sabry)	(EgyptSat 1)
El Salvador	Instituto Aeroespacial de El Salvador(Esai)^[27]^[28]	ESAI	2021
Ethiopia	Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute^[29]	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^[30]^[31]	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^[32]	EUSPA	12 Jul 2004 (GSA) 21 May 2021 (EUSPA)
France	National Centre for Space Studies^[33]	CNES	19 Dec 1961	(Jean-Loup Chrétien)	(Astérix)	(Astérix)
Germany	German Aerospace Center^[34]	DLR	1969	(Sigmund Jähn)		(Azur)
Ghana	Ghana Space Science and Technology Centre^[35]	GSSTI	2 Apr 2012
Greece	Hellenic Space Centre Ελληνικό Κέντρο Διαστήματος^[36]	HSC ΕΛΚΕΔ	9 Aug 2019		(Hellas Sat 2)
Hungary	Hungarian Space Office	MŰI HSO	Jan 1992	(Bertalan Farkas)	(MaSat-1)
India	Indian Space Research Organisation^[37]^[38]^[39]	ISRO इसरो	1962 (INCOSPAR) 15th Aug 1969 (ISRO)	(Rakesh Sharma)	(Aryabhata)	(Aryabhata)
Indonesia	Indonesian Space Agency (Previously known as LAPAN)^[40]	INASA	Nov 27, 1964		(Palapa-A1)	(Lapan-TUBsat)
Iran	Iranian Space Agency	ISA^[41]^[42]	2004		(Sina-1)	^[43] (Omid)	(Pishgam)
Israel	Israeli Space Agency	ISA סוכנות החלל הישראלית	Apr 1983	(Ilan Ramon)	(Ofeq-1)	(Shavit 2)
Italy	Italian Space Agency^[44]^[45]	ASI	1988	(Franco Malerba)	(San Marco 1)	(San Marco 1)
Japan	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency^[46]^[47]	JAXA ジャクサ	1 Oct 2003	(Toyohiro Akiyama)	(Ohsumi)	(Ohsumi)
Kazakhstan	National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan^[48]	KazCosmos KazKosmos	27 Mar 2007	(Toktar Aubakirov)	(KazSat-1)
Kenya	Kenya Space Agency^[49]	KSA	7 Mar 2017		(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^[50]	KARI	10 Oct 1989	(Yi So-yeon)	(Koreasat 1)	(KITSAT-1)
CELAC	Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency	ALCE	2022^[51]
Lithuania	Lithuanian Space Association^[52]	LSA^[53]	2007		(LituanicaSAT-1)
Luxembourg	Luxembourg Space Agency^[54]	LSA	Sep 2018
Malaysia	Malaysian Space Agency^[55]	MYSA	2002	(Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor)	(MEASAT-1)
Mexico	Mexican Space Agency^[56]	AEM	30 Jul 2010	(Rodolfo Vela)	(Morelos I)	(UNAMSAT B)^[57]
Mongolia	National Remote Sensing Center of Mongolia^[58]	NRSC	1991		(Mazaalai)	(Mazaalai)
Morocco	Royal Center for Remote Sensing^[59] Centre Royal de Télédétection Spatiale Ammas Amrrukan n Tallunt (المركز الملكي للإستشعار البعدي الفضائي)	CRTS	Dec 1989
Netherlands	Netherlands Institute for Space Research^[60]	SRON	1983	(Wubbo Ockels)	(ANS)	(ANS)
New Zealand	New Zealand Space Agency	NZSA	Apr 2016
Nigeria	National Space Research and Development Agency^[61]	NASRDA	1998		(Nigeriasat-1)
Norway	Norwegian Space Agency^[62]	NRS NSC	1987		(Thor 2)
Pakistan	Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission^[63]	SUPARCO سپارکو	16 Sep 1961 (started working from 1964)		(Badr-1)	(Badr-1)
Paraguay	Paraguayan Space Agency (Agencia Espacial de Paraguay)^[64]	AEP	26 Mar 2014		(GuaraníSat-1)
Peru	National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development^[65]	CONIDA	11 Jun 1974		(Chasqui I)
Philippines	Philippine Space Agency^[66]^[67]^[68]^[69]^[70]	PhilSA	2014 (DOST–ASTI) 8 August 2019 (PhilSA)		(Agila-1)
Poland	Polish Space Agency^[71]	POLSA	29 Sep 1976 (CBK PAN) 26 Sep 2014 (POLSA)	(Mirosław Hermaszewski)	(Lem)
Portugal	Portugal Space^[72]^[73]	PTSPACE	2019			(PoSAT-1)
Romania	Romanian Space Agency^[74]	ASR ROSA	1991	(Dumitru Prunariu)	(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^[75]	RSA	2021
Saudi Arabia	Saudi Space Agency^[76]	SSA	1977 (KACST-SRI) 2018 (SSC/SSA)	(Sultan Bin Salman)	(Arabsat-1A)	(SaudiSat-4)
Singapore	Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing^[77]	CRISP	1995		(ST-1)
South Africa	South African National Space Agency^[78]	SANSA	9 Dec 2010
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^[79]^[80]^[81]	AEE	2023	(Pedro Duque)	(Hispasat 1A)	(Intasat)
Sweden	Swedish National Space Agency^[82]	SNSA	1972	(Christer Fuglesang)	(Viking)
Switzerland	Swiss Space Office^[83]^[84]	SSO	1998
Syria	Syrian Space Agency^[85]^[86]^[87]^[88]	SSA	18 Mar 2014	(Muhammed Faris)
Taiwan	Taiwan Space Agency^[89]	TASA	3 Oct 1991		(ST-1)	(Formosat-1)
Thailand	Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency^[90]	GISTDA สทอภ	3 Nov 2000		(Thaicom 1)
Tunisia	French: Centre national de la cartographie et de la télédétection (Arabic: المركز الوطني للإستشعار عن بعد) (National Remote Sensing Center of Tunisia)^[91]	CNCT	1988
Turkey	Turkish Space Agency (Türkiye Uzay Ajansı)^[92]^[93]^[94]^[95]	TUA	1985 (TÜBİTAK UZAY) 13 Dec 2018 (TUA)	(Alper Gezeravcı)	(Türksat 1A)	(Göktürk-2)
Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan National Space Agency^[96]	TNSA	2011		(TürkmenÄlem52E / MonacoSAT)
Ukraine	State Space Agency of Ukraine^[97]	SSAU	2 Mar 1992	(Leonid Kadeniuk)		(Sich-1)
United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates Space Agency^[98]	UAESA	2014	(Hazza Al Mansouri)	(Thuraya 2)
United Kingdom	United Kingdom Space Agency^[99]	UKSA	1 Apr 2010	(Helen Sharman)	(Ariel 1)	(Prospero)
United Nations	United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space^[100]	UNCOPUOS	Dec 12, 1959	—	—	—	—
United Nations	United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs^[101]	UNOOSA	13 Dec 1958	—	—	—	—
United States	National Aeronautics and Space Administration^[102]	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^[103]	Uzbekspace agency	2019
Venezuela	Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities^[104]	ABAE	1 Jan 2008		(Venesat-1)
Vietnam	Vietnam National Space Center (Trung tâm Vũ trụ Việt Nam)^[105]	TTVTVN or VNSC VAST-VNSC	20 Nov 2006	(Phạm Tuân)	(Vinasat-1)

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