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Côte d'Ivoire
Nascent native capability
A sourced snapshot of Côte d'Ivoire'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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Nascent native capability
Launches to orbit from its own territory: noLaunch sites on record: 0Nationals who have flown: 0
Space agency
ASCI (Space Agency of Côte d'Ivoire)
National space agency · established 2025
Source: audited_dump.json space_capability.agency_name (curated, per-field sourced)
Satellites (owner state)
No operational satellites attributed to this state in GCAT.
Source: GCAT · General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (J. McDowell) · May 2026 snapshot
Ground stations
No principal ground stations indexed for this country yet.
Source: ALL IN SPACE curated ground-station dataset (operator-sourced)
Space budget
No published space budget indexed for this country.
National strategy
Cote d Ivoire Strategie Nationale de Developpement de la Science, Technologie et Innovation (2017)
Space and EO are addressed inside the national STI strategy; YamSat-CI1 is run under this framework
International space law
| Instrument | Status |
|---|---|
| Outer Space Treaty 1967 | Not a party |
| Rescue Agreement 1968 | Not a party |
| Liability Convention 1972 | Not a party |
| Registration Convention 1975 | Not a party |
| Moon Agreement 1979 | Not a party |
| Artemis Accords 2020 | Not 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
No nationals have flown in space on record.
Milestones
- 2025ASCI (Space Agency of Côte d'Ivoire) established
Notable missions and contributions
- Yam-Sat CI 01 (Earth-observation nanosatellite) built by Universal Konstructors Associated (UKA) with INP-HB Yamoussoukro; originally slated for Aug 2024, slipped to 2025 and still pre-launch
- Monitoring deforestation and illegal mining