The space economy at a glance 2014.

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Annotation Space Economy at a Glance provides a statistical overview of the global space sector and its contributions to economic activity. This new edition provides indicators and statistics based on both official and private data, in over forty countries with space programmes, and identifies new dynamics in the space sector. The space sector plays an increasingly pivotal role in the efficient functioning of modern societies and their economic development. The use of satellite technology in navigation, communications, meteorology, and earth observation is giving rise to a growing stream of applications in such areas as air traffic control, transport, natural resource management, agriculture, environmental and climate change monitoring, entertainment and so on, which are, in turn, creating new downstream uses and new markets.  Read more... Foreword -- Acronyms -- Executive summary -- Reader's Guide -- The space sector in 2014 and beyond -- Civilian space R & D programmes budgets -- Institutional space budgets -- Regulatory framework -- Human capital -- Space manufacturing activities -- Space launch activities -- Satellite telecommunications -- Satellite earth observation -- Satellite weather and climate monitoring -- Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) -- Space exploration activities -- Human spaceflight activities -- International trade in selected space products -- Space-related patents -- Scientific production in the space sector -- Insurance market for space activities -- Evaluation of national space investments -- Early warning of risks and hazards -- Improved land and sea monitoring -- The space industry's RandD intensity -- The spin-offs from space investments -- The civil aerospace markets -- Business enterprise RandD (BERD) in aerospace -- Aerospace trade -- Guide to the profiles -- Canada -- France -- Germany -- India -- Italy -- Korea -- Norway -- Switzerland -- United Kingdom -- United States.