The Luxembourg Space Agency, known as LSA, is the national space agency of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, founded on September 12, 2018 by Luxembourg Economy Minister Etienne Schneider.
Facts
Agency TypeNational space agency (modeled as a private firm, led by a CEO) 1 Founded Year Headquarters Open Questions
Annual BudgetNot disclosed
No dedicated agency budget figure is given in the source consulted; it states only that Luxembourg's roughly 70 private space companies together account for about 2 percent of national GDP, which is industry-wide, not the agency's own budget. In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Luxembourg, located there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Luxembourg Space Agency
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The Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) is the national space agency of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
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It was founded on September 12, 2018, by Luxembourg's Economy Minister Étienne Schneider.
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In a 2021 Financial Times interview, LSA CEO Marc Serres stated that “there was perhaps a little misconception about asteroid mining at the beginning,” and that the primary goal of the LSA is not asteroid mining, but rather In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU).
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