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Space Agencies

Austrian Space Agency – ALR

Type: Government Abbreviation: ALR Administration: Andreas Geisler Founded: 1972 Spacecraft: Spacelab | GALILEO Country: AUT The Austrian Space Agency was founded in 1972 and joined the ESA as a member in 1987. In 2005, control of the ALR was transferred to the Austrian Agency for Aerospace. They coordinated the first flight of an Austrian in […]

Avio S.p.A – Avio

Type: Commercial Abbreviation: Avio Administration: CEO: Giulio Ranzo Founded: 1908 Launchers: Vega Country: ITA Avio S.p.A. is an Italian company operating in the aerospace sector with its head office in Colleferro near Rome, Italy. Founded in 1908, it is present in Italy and abroad with different commercial offices and 10 production sites.

Axiom Space – AXS

Type: Private Abbreviation: AXS Administration: Michael Suffredini Founded: 2016 Country: USA Axiom Space, Inc., also known as Axiom, is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and orbital spaceflight services company headquartered in Houston, Texas.

BlackSky – BS

Type: Private Abbreviation: BS Administration: CEO: Brian O’Toole Founded: 2013 Country: USA BlackSky is an American private aerospace company specializing in geospatial intelligence services. It operates the BlackSky constellation of Earth-imaging small satellites.

Blue Origin – BO

Blue Origin – BO

Type: Commercial Abbreviation: BO Administration: CEO: Jeff Bezos Founded: 2000 Launchers: New Shepard | New Glenn Country: USA Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to […]

Boeing – BA

Type: Commercial Abbreviation: BA Administration: Leanne Caret Founded: 2002 Launchers: SLS Spacecraft: Starliner Country: USA Boeing as a space agency has recently provided NASA with assistance on sending humans to the ISS from American with both their construction of the CST-100 Starliner crew capsule and their work on the SLS Avionics to return to the […]

Brazilian Space Agency – AEB

Type: Government Abbreviation: AEB Administration: José Raimundo Coelho Founded: 1961 Launchers: VLM | VLS Spacecraft: None Country: BRA The Brazilian Space Agency is a space agency in South America. They work in partnership with the US and Russia aboard the ISS. It was previously operated by the military until 1994. They now operate largely in […]