Country dossier · IRL
Ireland
Emerging space nation
A sourced snapshot of Ireland'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.
Open Ireland in the interactive workspace →Capability tier
Emerging space nation
Launches to orbit from its own territory: noLaunch sites on record: 0Nationals who have flown: 0
Space agency
Enterprise Ireland (Space)
Other space institution · established 1975
Satellites (owner state)
2
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
Space budget
National strategy
National Space Strategy for Enterprise 2019-2025 (2019)
Five-pillar enterprise-focused strategy targeting a 50% increase in ESA investment by 2025
Coverage period ended in 2025. No successor has been published.
International space law
| Instrument | Status |
|---|---|
| Outer Space Treaty 1967 | Ratified |
| Rescue Agreement 1968 | Ratified |
| Liability Convention 1972 | Ratified |
| Registration Convention 1975 | Not a party |
| Moon Agreement 1979 | Not a party |
| Artemis Accords 2020 | Signatory (2026-05-04) |
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
- 1975Enterprise Ireland (Space) established
Notable missions and contributions
- ESA member since 1975 — Enterprise Ireland coordinates
- EIRSAT-1 (2023) — first Irish satellite (UCD CubeSat)
- Realtra Space Systems — mission-critical software
- Curtiss-Wright Dublin — radiation-hardened electronics
- Skytek — SSA software used by ESA/NASA
- Irish Centre for High-End Computing — sat data