List of Space Agencies With Launch Capability
| Space agency | Country | Founded | Terminated | Capabilities of the space agency | Ref(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | People's Republic of China | 22 April 1993 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| European Space Agency (French: Agence spatiale européenne) (German: Europäische Weltraumorganisation) |
ESA ASE EWO |
Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Poland Romania Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom |
31 May 1975 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Iranian Space Agency (Persian: سازمان فضایی ایران) |
ISA ISA |
Iran | 2003 | — | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Israeli Space Agency (Hebrew: סוכנות החלל הישראלית) (Arabic: وكالة الفضاء الإسرائيلية) |
ISA סל"ה |
Israel | April 1983 | — | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Korea Aerospace Research Institute (Korean: 한국항공우주연구원) (Hanja: 韓國航空宇宙硏究院) |
KARI 항우연 |
South Korea | October 1989 | — | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Indian Space Research Organization (Hindi: भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन) |
ISRO इसरो |
India | 15 August 1969 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 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 Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA | United States | 1 October 1958 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| French: Centre National d’Études Spatiales (National Center of Space Research) |
CNES | France | 19 December 1961 | — | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Ukrainian: Національне космічне агентство України (National Space Agency of Ukraine) |
НКАУ NSAU |
Ukraine | 2 March 1992 | — | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство (Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)) |
ROSCOSMOS RFSA |
Russia | ca. 1992 | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Russian: Советская космическая программа (Soviet space program) |
СССР | Soviet Union | ca. 1955 | ca. 1991 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
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