This second edition of the Space Economy in Figures is the result of close co-operation between the OECD Secretariat, the ministries and space agencies represented in the OECD Space Forum, private sector stakeholders and OECD colleagues. We warmly thank all the experts who kindly contributed substance and comments.
The report was drafted by Marit Undseth and Claire Jolly from the OECD Space Forum in the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), with Kamila de Sousa Aben Athar Alencar, junior researcher, drafting sections in Chapter 4 and the country profiles, Christan Vambenepe, also junior researcher, cleaning official development assistance data, James Jolliffe, economist, and Barrie Stevens, senior advisor, kindly providing comments.
The OECD Space Forum Secretariat in the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation wishes to acknowledge with sincere thanks the support provided by the organisations forming the Steering Group of the OECD Space Forum: the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Canada; the National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), France; the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Germany; the Italian Space Agency (ASI), Italy; the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Korea; the Netherlands Space Office (NSO), Netherlands; the Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Norway; the Swiss Space Office, Switzerland; the UK Space Agency (UKSA), United Kingdom; the Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States; and the European Space Agency (ESA).
The Secretariat recognises the kind support provided by specific Steering Group members and their colleagues. In particular, we thank Aaron Parsons and Shazmin Kanji from CSA; Murielle Lafaye from CNES; Stéphanie Willekens from ESA; Mara Grünewald and Hendrik Fischer from DLR, Silvia Ciccarelli from ASI; Kees van Duijvendijk from NSO; Mari Eldholm from NOSA; Chris Ward from UKSA; and Akhil Rao and Patrick Besha from NASA. We also thank experts from the space community and national statistical offices, who kindly provided comments and references to official and industry reports to allow analysts to dive further into specific issues.
Finally, we thank OECD colleagues for their contributions to this report, notably Xavier Bryant on official development assistance from the Financing for Sustainable Development (FSD) Division in the Development Co-operation Directorate and Hélène Dernis on patents from the Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Division in the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) and Sylvain Fraccola, STI, for publication support. We also thank Alessandra Colecchia, Head of the Science and Technology Policy Division in STI, Hanna-Mari Kilpelainen, STI Senior Counsellor and Jens Lundsgaard, STI Deputy Director, for their comments and careful review.