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Space program overview Bulgaria, in 3 editions.

The entry for Bulgaria published Space program overview in 3 editions of 36, from 2023 to 2025. The text changed in 2 editions. Each is shown as published. Space program overview in every entry.

editions changed the text
2
the first edition with it
2023
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Space program overview” (2023 to 2025).

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  • has a long history of space-related activities going back to the 1960s;
  • develops, produces, and operates satellites;
  • researches, develops, and produces other space technologies, including those related to astrophysics, remote sensing, data exploitation, optics, and electronics;
  • has specialized in producing scientific instruments for space research;
  • has more than 20 research institutes;
  • Cooperating State of the ESA since 2015;
  • works with a variety of foreign space agencies and commercial entities, including those of the ESA, EU, individual ESA and EU member states, India, Japan, Russia, and the US (2025)

has a long history of involvement in space-related activities going back to the 1960s; develops, produces, and operates satellites, mostly with foreign partners; satellites; researches, develops, and produces other space technologies, including those related to astrophysics, remote sensing, data exploitation, optics, and electronics; has specialized in producing scientific instruments for space research; has more than 20 research institutes; Cooperating State of the European Space Agency (ESA) ESA since 2015; cooperates works with a variety of foreign space agencies and commercial entities, including those of the ESA, EU, individual ESA and EU (and bi-laterally with their member states), states, India, Japan, Russia, and the US (2024)
note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in the Space Programs reference guide
(2025)

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Bulgaria: Space program overview.” The World Factbook, 2023–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/bulgaria/space-program-overview.

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