The Space Economy at a Glance 2014 / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

SourceOECD (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science and Technology.

Industry and Services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 pages)

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The space sector plays an increasingly pivotal role in the functioning of modern societies and their economic development as the use of satellite technology gives rise to new applications, uses and markets. Space Economy at a Glance offers a statistical overview of the global space sector and its contributions to economic activity using data from over 40 countries with space programmes, and identifies new dynamics in the space sector.

Contents:

Aerospace trade

Canada

Guide to the profiles

Germany

India

France

Space manufacturing activities

Human capital

Early warning of risks and hazards

The space industry's RandD intensity

Regulatory framework

Improved land and sea monitoring

The spin-offs from space investments

Business enterprise RandD (BERD) in aerospace

The civil aerospace markets

Reader's Guide

Human spaceflight activities

Space-related patents

Executive summary

International trade in selected space products

Acronyms

Institutional space budgets

Insurance market for space activities

Civilian space R&D programmes budgets

Scientific production in the space sector

Evaluation of national space investments

The space sector in 2014 and beyond

Satellite telecommunications

Korea

Space launch activities

Satellite earth observation

Italy

Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS)

United Kingdom

Satellite weather and climate monitoring

Foreword

United States

Norway

Space exploration activities

Switzerland.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed May 1, 2017).

ISBN:

9789264217294

9789264225459

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.