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Space program overview Switzerland, in 1 edition.

The entry for Switzerland published Space program overview in 1 edition of 36, from 2023 to 2023. The text never changed. Each is shown as published. Space program overview in every entry.

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  • space program integrated within the ESA framework;
  • manufactures satellites and satellite payloads and products/components for satellite launch vehicles, satellites (particularly remote sensing, navigational, and telecommunications), and ground stations, including electronics, fairings, laser and fiber optics, sensor and nano technologies, scientific instruments, and software;
  • produces atomic clocks (for navigational needs);
  • has a considerable space research effort and has provided scientific instruments for a range of ESA and other space programs;
  • participates in international space programs such as the International Space Station;
  • has relations with a range of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of China, ESA and EU member states, Japan, and the US;
  • the Swiss space industry is spread across approximately 100 businesses, most of which provide niche capabilities and supplies to large space companies (2023)

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 Appendix S

space program integrated within the ESA framework; manufactures satellites and satellite payloads and products/components for satellite launch vehicles, satellites (particularly remote sensing, navigational, and telecommunications), and ground stations, including electronics, fairings, laser and fiber optics, sensor and nano technologies, scientific instruments, and software; produces atomic clocks (for navigational needs); has a considerable space research effort and has provided scientific instruments for a range of ESA and other space programs; participates in international space programs such as the International Space Station; has relations with a range of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of China, ESA and EU member states, Japan, and the US; the Swiss space industry is spread across approximately 100 businesses, most of which provide niche capabilities and supplies to large space companies (2023)
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 Appendix S

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

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