The Space Economy in Figures

Abbreviations and acronyms

ADB	Asian Development Bank
AI	Artificial intelligence
AIA	Aerospace Industries Association
AIS	Automatic identification system
ASI	Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
AWS	Amazon Web Services
BGAN	Broadband global area network
BRIC	Brazil, Russian Federation, India and China
BRIIC	Brazil, Russian Federation, India, Indonesia and China
BRIICS	Brazil, Russian Federation, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa C3S Copernicus Climate Change Service
CAST	China Aerospace Science and Technology Group
CEOS	Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
CGMS	Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites
CM-SAF	Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring
CNES	Centre national d’études spatiales
CNRS	Centre national de la recherche scientifique
CPOM	Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling
CSA	Canadian Space Agency
DBS	Direct broadcasting satellite
DLR	Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt
DTH	Direct-to-home satellite
DWD	Deutcher Wetterdienst
EARSC	European Association of Remote Sensing Companies
EC	European Commission
ECMWF	European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
EGNOS	European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service
EO	Earth observation
EPO	European Patent Office
ESA	European Space Agency
ESOC	European Space Operations Centre
EUMETSAT	European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
FAA	Federal Aviation Administration
FTE	Full-time equivalent
GAGAN	GPS-aided GEO augmented navigation
GBAORD	Government budget appropriations or outlays for research and development
GCOS	Global Climate Observing System
GEO	geosynchronous orbit
GIFAS	Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales
GLONASS	Global Navigation Satellite System
GPS	Global Positioning System
GSA	European GNSS Agency
GSO	Geo-synchronous orbit
IADC	Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee
IDA	International Development Association
IDB	International Development Bank
INSEE	Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques
ISRO	Indian Space Research Organisation
ISS	International Space Station
ITU	International Telecommunications Union
JMA	Japan Meteorological Agency
JAXA	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
JPO	Japan Patent Office
KARI	Korea Aerospace Research Institute
KASS	Korea Augmentation Satellite System
KIPO	Korean Intellectual Property Office
KMA	Korea Meteorological Administration
KNMI	Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut
LEO	Low-Earth orbit
LINZ	Land Information New Zealand
MSAS	MTSAT Satellite Augmentation System
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASRDA	National Space Research and Development Agency (Nigeria)
NCEI	National Centers for Environmental Information
NESDIS	National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NSC	Norwegian Space Centre
NSO	Netherlands Space Office
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
ONERA	Centre français de recherche aérospatiale
OSI-SAF	Satellite Application Facility on Ocean and Sea Ice
PCT	Patent Co-operation Treaty
PPP	Purchasing power parities
QZSS	Quasi-Zenith Satellite System
RAL	Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Roscosmos	Russian Federal Space Agency
SANSA	South African Space Agency
SBAS	Satellite-based augmentation system
SJAC	Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies
SME	Small and medium-sized enterprise
SRON	Netherlands Institute for Space Research
SSA	Space situational awareness
SSO	Swiss Space Office
UKSA	United Kingdom Space Agency
UN	COPUOS United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
UNOOSA	United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs
USGS	United States Geological Survey
USPTO	United States Patent and Trademark Office
WAAS	Wide Area Augmentation System
WMO	World Meteorological Organization

ISO country codes

 

ISO codes for OECD member countries		ISO codes for other economies
Australia	AUS	Afghanistan	AFG
Austria	AUT	Argentina	ARG
Belgium	BEL	Armenia	ARM
Canada	CAN	Azerbaijan	AZE
Chile	CHL	Bangladesh	BGD
Czech Republic	CZE	Barbados	BRB
Denmark	DNK	Benin	BEN
Estonia	EST	Brazil	BRA
Finland	FIN	China (People’s Republic of)	CHN
France	FRA	Colombia	COL
Germany	DEU	Democratic Republic of the Congo	COD
Greece	GRC	Egypt	EGY
Hungary	HUN	Fiji	FJI
Iceland	ISL	India	IND
Ireland	IRL	Indonesia	IDN
Israel	ISR	Iran	IRN
Italy	ITA	Iraq	IRQ
Japan	JPN	Kiribati	KIR
Korea	KOR	Lao People’s Democratic Republic	LAO
Latvia	LVA	Lebanon	LBN
Lithuania	LTU	Madagascar	MDG
Luxembourg	LUX	Malaysia	MYS
Mexico	MEX	Micronesia	FSM
Netherlands	NLD	Myanmar	MMR
New Zealand	NZL	Namibia	NAM
Norway	NOR	Nigeria	NGA
Poland	POL	Pakistan	PAK
Portugal	PRT	Papua New Guinea	PNG
Slovak Republic	SVK	Paraguay	PRY
Slovenia	SVN	Peru	PER
Spain	ESP	Russian Federation	RUS
Sweden	SWE	Samoa	WSM
Switzerland	CHE	Senegal	SEN
Turkey	TUR	Serbia	SRB
United Kingdom	GBR	Solomon Islands	SLB
United States	USA	South Africa	ZAF
		Syrian Arab Republic	SYR
		Chinese Taipei	TWN
		Tanzania	TZA
		Thailand	THA
		Tonga	TON
		Ukraine	UKR
		Vanuatu	VUT
		Viet Nam	VNM
		Zambia	ZMB