Space Activities

Austrian space activities are under the jurisdiction of the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK). The Aeronautics and Space Agency of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency of the FFG supports the BMK in the implementation process.

The European pillar of the Austrian space activities include the Austrian contributions to

Austria's annual space budget for ESA and EUMETSAT amounts to 60 million EUR. In addition, Austria invests around 30 million EUR per year in the European Union space programmes.