Country dossier · MDG
Madagascar
No national space agency
A sourced snapshot of Madagascar'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 Madagascar in the interactive workspace →Capability tier
No national space agency
Launches to orbit from its own territory: noLaunch sites on record: 0Nationals who have flown: 0
Space agency
No dedicated space agency
No dedicated national space agency on record.
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
Madagascar Politique Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique (2013)
Space and EO activities are coordinated under the national research policy without a standalone space strategy
International space law
| Instrument | Status |
|---|---|
| Outer Space Treaty 1967 | Ratified |
| Rescue Agreement 1968 | Ratified |
| 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.
Source: Universite Paris-Saclay, Developing astronomy under Madagascar's starry skies
Notable missions and contributions
- Disaster response (via International Charter Space and Major Disasters)
- First robotic astronomical observatory commissioned in 2022 at the Besely campus near Mahajanga (35 cm telescope, remote-operated), built through a Madagascar-France partnership (Haikintana association and Universite Paris-Saclay) to develop southern-sky astronomy capacity