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Belarus

Active satellite user

A sourced snapshot of Belarus's posture in space — capability, institutions, orbital assets, law and people. Every figure carries its primary source; gaps are shown honestly, never filled with invented data.

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Capability tier

Active satellite user

Launches to orbit from its own territory: noLaunch sites on record: 0Nationals who have flown: 1

Source: ALL IN SPACE capability ladder · see methodology

Space agency

NAS Belarus / Roscosmos cooperation

National space agency · established 2020 · two-source verified

Source: NAS Belarus

Satellites (owner state)

4

Counted from the GCAT May 2026 snapshot. The interactive workspace shows a live CelesTrak figure, which uses different owner-attribution rules and will differ.

Source: GCAT · General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (J. McDowell) · May 2026 snapshot

Ground stations

3

Source: ALL IN SPACE curated ground-station dataset (operator-sourced)

Space budget

No published space budget indexed for this country.

National strategy

Union State Programmes on Space Activities and NASB National Space Research Agency programme (2015)

No standalone national space strategy; space activities embedded in joint Russia-Belarus Union State programmes coordinated by NASB

Source: Published national space strategies and policies

International space law

InstrumentStatus
Outer Space Treaty 1967Ratified
Rescue Agreement 1968Ratified
Liability Convention 1972Ratified
Registration Convention 1975Ratified
Moon Agreement 1979Not a party
Artemis Accords 2020Not a signatory

Source: Status of international agreements relating to activities in outer space (1 January 2026)

Launch sites

No launch infrastructure.

Source: National launch site roster · ALL IN SPACE compilation

Astronauts

  • Marina VasilevskayaRoscosmos · first flight 2024 · First Belarusian woman in space (post-independence)

Source: This source holds nothing for this country

Milestones

  • 2020NAS Belarus / Roscosmos cooperation established
  • 2024First national in space

Notable missions and contributions

  • Close Roscosmos cooperation
  • Marina Vasilevskaya — first Belarusian in space (ISS, Mar 2024)
  • BKA EO satellite (2012, built by China)
  • Peleng JSC — optical systems for space
  • NAS Belarus aerospace research
  • Remote sensing centre for BKA data