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Hungary

Emerging space nation

A sourced snapshot of Hungary'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

Emerging space nation

Launches to orbit from its own territory: noLaunch sites on record: 0Nationals who have flown: 2

Source: ALL IN SPACE capability ladder · see methodology

Space agency

Hungarian Space Office

National space agency · established 2015

Source: ALL IN SPACE · agency name, compiled in house

Satellites (owner state)

3

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

8

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

Space budget

$15M

Emerging spender · 2024

Source: OECD · GBARD by socio-economic objective

National strategy

Magyarország Űrstratégiája (Hungary's Space Strategy) (2021)

First national space strategy adopted by Government Resolution 1606/2021 (VIII.18.) built around three strategic pillars

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 2020Signatory (2025-10-22)

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

  • Bertalan FarkasSoviet space program (Intercosmos) · first flight 1980 · First Hungarian in space
  • Tibor KapuHUNOR / Axiom · first flight 2025 · Second Hungarian in space

Source: Astronaut biographies

Milestones

  • 1980First national in space
  • 2015Hungarian Space Office established

Notable missions and contributions

  • ESA Cooperating State since 2015
  • Bertalan Farkas — cosmonaut (Soyuz-36/Salyut-6, 1980)
  • SMOG-P (2019) — first Hungarian satellite (BME CubeSat)
  • ATL-1 (2019) — technology demonstration CubeSat
  • Wigner Centre — space physics instrumentation
  • Admatis — additive manufacturing for ESA