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Space program overview Costa Rica, in 3 editions.

The entry for Costa Rica 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 small, recently established program focused on using space to develop the country’s economy and industry, including acquiring and using satellites;
  • has built a remote sensing (RS) cube satellite;
  • has relations with US space agencies and commercial space industries, as well as with the ESA and the Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency (2025)

has a small, recently established program focused on promoting the use of using space to develop the country’s economy and industry, including acquiring and utilizing using satellites; has built a remote sensing (RS) cube satellite; has relations with the US space agencies and commercial space industries of the US, members of industries, as well as with the European Space Agency, ESA and members of the Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency (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. “Costa Rica: Space program overview.” The World Factbook, 2023–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/costa-rica/space-program-overview.

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