Space Agencies
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan’s national aero-space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is respon…
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) in La Cañada Flintridge, California, Crescenta Valley, United States. Founded in 1936 by Caltech researche…
JSC Information Satellite Systems (JSC-ISS)
JSC Information Satellite Systems is a commercial space agency, operating out of Russia.
Katalyst Space (KTLST)
Katalyst Space is a private space agency, established in 2020, operating out of United States of America.
Kazakh Space Research Institute (SRI)
Kazakh Space Research Institute is a educational space agency, operating out of Kazakhstan.
KB Mashinostroyeniya ()
KB Mashinostroyeniya or KBM for short is a state defence enterprise, scientific and design R&D centre specialised in missile systems located in Kolomna, Moscow region, Russia. Part of Rostec state cor…
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center (KhSC)
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a government space agency, led by Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy, established in 1916, operating out of Russia.
Kinéis (KIN)
French company operating an Internet of Things (IoT) constellation of nano-satellites following on from the Argos system developed in the 1980s.
It was founded by the company Collecte Localisatio…
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology is a educational space agency, led by President: Lee Kwang-hyung, established in 1971, operating out of South Korea.
Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA)
The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA; Korean: 우주항공청) is a Korean government-funded space and aeronautics agency. Established under the Ministry of Science and ICT, KASA oversees the Korea Aerospac…
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)
Korea Aerospace Research Institute is a government space agency, led by Administrator: Lee Sang-Ryool, established in 1989, operating out of South Korea.
Korean Astronaut Program (KAP)
The Korean Astronaut Program was an initiative by the South Korean government to send the first Korean into space via the Russian space program. In 2008, Yi So-yeon became the first and only Korean to…
Korean Committee of Space Technology (KCST)
The Korean Committee of Space Technology was the agency of the government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) responsible for the country’s space program. The agency was termina…