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| Country | Agency | Date Started | Date Ended | Fund Level | Description |
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| Argentina | NASA | Aug 6, 1991 | Aug 6, 1996 | Funding not specified | MOU framework agreement for potential future cooperation, primarily in earth sciences. Cooperative projects in the civil uses of space research. |
| Argentina | NASA | Aug 6, 1991 | Lifespan of mission and 3 years more for analysis. | NASA Programmatic | MOU concerning the SAC B astrophysics engineering demonstration mission. |
| Argentina | NASA | Aug 2, 1993 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | MOU covering installation of NASA Master Directory Software on computers at the Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales' Centro Regional de Datos Satelitales y Pera Estudios del Cambio Global. |
| Argentina | NASA | Oct 28, 1996 | Duration of satellite's life. | NASA Programmatic | Launch by NASA of the Argentine SAC-C satellite and the provision by NASA of a GPS and magnetometer for the mission. |
| Australia | DOC (NOAA) | Mar 13, 1984 | Lifespan of Landsat 4 and 5. | No U.S. funding | Direct reception and distribution of Landsat data at Landsat ground station. |
| Australia | NASA | Jan 1, 1964 | May 2, 2000 | Funding not specified | Installation and operation of NASA tracking stationsin Australia (original agreement amended several times to extend the termination date and to add additional facilities). |
| Australia | US Gov (NASA) | Sep 1, 1987 | Sep 1, 1997 | NASA Programmatic | Government-to-Government agreement providing for U.S. use of facilities in Australia for the launching, tracking, and recovery of sounding rockets and their payloads. |
| Brazil | DOC (NOAA) | May 5, 1984 | Lifespan of Landsat 4 and 5. | No U.S. funding | Direct reception and distribution of Landsat data at Landsat ground station. |
| Brazil | NASA | Mar 21, 1994 | Mar 20, 1997 | Funding not specified | MOU with COBAE (Commission for Space Activities) regarding DIP Equator Sounding Rockets Campaign in Brazil. Investigation of the electrodynamics and irregularities in the ionosphere along Earth's magnetic equator and study of their relationship with the neutral atmosphere and winds. |
| Canada | DOC (NOAA) | Jul 26, 1984 | For the lifespan of Landsat 4 and Landsat 5. | No U.S. funding | Direct reception/distribution of Landsat data at Landsat ground station. |
| Canada | DOC (NOAA) | Feb 27, 1991 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | Other agency involved: NASA. MOU to advance space science and technology, and application of remote sensing tech on areas such as research studies of earth's land, ocean & ice cover, demonstration projects, monitoring earth's natural resources and environment, and protection of human life and property from natural disasters using the RADARSAT satellite. |
| Canada | NASA | Sep 29, 1988 | On-going agreement | Total funding for international partners in excess of $8.0 billion, Canadian hardware accounting for over $1.0 billion. | MOU with the Ministry of State for Science and Technology for the detailed design, development, operation, and utilization of the permanently manned, civil International Space Station. |
| Canada | NASA | Nov 15, 1994 | Duration of EOS-AM1 lifetime plus ten years. | Each party pays its part; further funding information not specified. | MOU with the Canadian Space Agency for cooperation in the flight of the Measurements of Pollution in the troposphere (MOPITT) instrument on the NASA Polar Orbiting Platform EOS-AM1 and related support for an International Earth Observing System (IEOS). |
| Canada | NASA | Feb 27, 1991 | Feb 27, 1996 | Funding through respective governments. | MOU between Canadian Space Agency and NASA for launch of Canadian Radarsat in exchange for Earth observations research data and U.S. private sector role in data distribution. Design, Production, and Usage of Radarsat expected to advance space science and technology, and the application of remote sensing technology in areas such as research studies of Earth's land, ocean, and ice cover. |
| Canada | NASA | Jul 9, 1976 | On-going agreement | Funding not specified | Cooperative participation in the development and procurement of a Space Shuttle Attached Remote Manipulator System. |
| Chile | NASA | Aug 20, 1995 | Aug 20, 2001 | Each party pays its part; further funding information not specified. | MOU with the Fuerza Aerea de Chile (Chile's Air Force) for cooperation in the field of ozone monitoring from space. |
| Chile | US Gov (NASA) | Aug 2, 1985 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | Government-to-Government agreement, along with a complementary agency-level agreement with the Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil (DGAC) with EIF date of 10/18/85, for the use of the Mataveri International Airport, Isla de Pascua, as an emergency landing site for the Space Shuttle. This agreement is automatically renewed every 4 years. |
| China | DOC (NOAA) | Jul 8, 1985 | Lifespan of Landsat 4 and 5. | No U.S. funding | Direct reception and distribution of Landsat data at Landsat ground station. |
| France | DOC (NOAA) | Mar 20, 1986 | On-going agreement | Funding not specified | France provides ARGOS onboard data collection and data processing system flown on NOAA solar-orbiting satellite. |
| France | DOC (NOAA) | Mar 20, 1986 | Funding not specified | France provides ARGOS onboard data collection system flown on NOAA polar orbiting satellite; France also provides the data processing system for ARGOS. | |
| France | NASA | Nov 28, 1983 | On-going agreement | Reimbursable basis. | MOU with the National Center for Space Studies for the furnishing by NASA of balloon-launching. |
| France | NASA | Jan 21, 1994 | Termination date: Indefinite | Reimbursable provision to CNES by NASA of hardware for use by CNES on its contribution to the Cassini Hugens Probe DISR Instrument. | MOU with the National Center for Space Studies (CNES) in France. Cassini Huygens Probe Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer (DISR). |
| France | NASA | Mar 23, 1987 | One year after data collection ceases from space. | NASA Programmatic | MOU between NASA and the French Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales for Joint Development of TOPEX/POSEIDON ocean project. MOU for measurements of the surface topography of the global oceans with sufficient accuracy and precision to enable the determination of the oceans' general circulation and mesoscale variability. |
| France | NASA | Feb 16, 1994 | Termination date: Indefinite | Reimbursable provision to CNES by NASA of hardware for use by CNES on its contribution to the Cassini Saturn Orbiter RPWS instrument. | MOU with the National Center for Space Studies (CNES) in France. Cassini Saturn Orbiter Radio and Plasma Wave System (RPWS). |
| Gambia, the | NASA | Mar 7, 1988 | Mar 7, 1998 | Funding not specified | Use of Gambian air field (Banjul Airport) as a Space Shuttle emergency landing site. |
| Germany | NASA | Oct 5, 1977 | Oct 18, 1995 | NASA Programmatic | MOU between NASA and the Federal Minister for Research and Technology of Germany. Agreement continues until terminated with one year's notice. Cooperative participation in Galileo mission to Jupiter. Spacecraft launched 10/89. |
| Germany | NASA | Oct 15, 1981 | On-going agreement | NASA Programmatic | MOU between NASA and Federal Ministery for Research and Technology on cooperative participation in the Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers (solar physics winds ions). Expiration with one year's notice. |
| Germany | NASA | Aug 8, 1982 | Jun 1, 1994: On-going agreement | NASA Programmatic | MOU between NASA and Germany's Federal Minister for Research and Technology on the Roentgensatellit Project (ROSAT). Launched 6/1/90. Germany provided the spacecraft and telescope. |
| Germany | NASA | Oct 6, 1987 | Termination date: Indefinite | NASA Programmatic | MOU between NASA and Federal Minister for Research and Technology of Germany for cooperative flights of the Spaceborne Imaging Radar (SIR) with the X Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (X SAR) (1993 launch). An amendment to the data policy is being negotiated. Expires one year after final mission. Amended Feb. 18, 1994. |
| Germany | NASA | Jul 15, 1993 | Funding not specified | MOU between NASA and the German Space Agency (DARA) for a space program using a reusable Science Satellite, the ASTRO-SPAS carrier with a main science instrument and other add-on instruments, for short-duration scientific missions on the Space Shuttle. | |
| Germany | NASA | Jul 10, 1989 | Dec 31, 1999 | NASA Programmatic | MOU between NASA and the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology of Germany concerning Space Shuttle flight activities, including space science, applications, and technology utilizing Space Shuttle-unique payloads. |
| India | DOC (NOAA) | Oct 26, 1984 | Through the lifespan of Landsat 4 and 5. | No U.S. funding | Direct reception and distribution of Landsat data at Landsat ground station. |
| Israel | NASA | Oct 6, 1986 | On-going agreement | NASA Programmatic | Exchange of Scientific and Technical Information. |
| Israel | US Gov (NASA) | Oct 2, 1996 | Oct 2, 2006 | Each party pays for its part; further funding information not specified. | Umbrella agreement managed by NASA with Japan for cooperation in all aspects of civil space. |
| Italy | NASA | May 15, 1991 | Termination date: Indefinite | Associated services for scientific investigators from Italy on a reimbursable basis. | MOU with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for the furnishing by NASA of balloon launching and associated services for scientific investigators from Italy, and for cooperative balloon projects between NASA and Italian scientific investigators. |
| Italy | NASA | Dec 6, 1991 | Termination date: Indefinite | NASA Programmatic | MOU on cooperation on International Space Station. Although signed 12/6/91, and activity begun thereafter, the agreement's EIF could also be 5/1/92 after an exchange of diplomatic notes has occurred. Officially, the Agreement will remain in effect for the duration of NASA's International Space Station program. The Agreement involves Mini Pressurized Logistics Modules (MPLM) to be provided to NASA by ASI for the International Space Station program. |
| Italy | NASA | Jun 22, 1993 | Expires 12 years after planned Oct. '97 launch. | Funding not specified | MOU between NASA and the Italian Space Agency for cooperative development of the Cassini Saturn Orbiter. |
| Italy | NASA | Mar 13, 1986 | On-going agreement | Funding not specified | This MOU, between the National Research Council (CNR) of Italy (CNR superseded in 1988 by the Italian Space Agency) and NASA for cooperative development and launch (occured July, 1992) of the Tethered Satellite System Space Shuttle (TSS) |
| Japan | DOC (NOAA) | Aug 11, 1983 | Lifespan of Landsat 4 and 5. | No U.S. funding | Direct reception and distribution of Landsat data at Landsat ground station. |
| Japan | NASA | Jun 2, 1993 | Jun 2, 1996 | NASA Programmatic | MOU with Japan's Institute for Space & Astronautical Science (ISAS) for carrying out a program of cooperative balloon launches for the Bess Balloon borne experiments with a Superconducting Magnet Spectrometer. It was put into effect with exchange of diplomatic notes. |
| Japan | NASA | Mar 29, 1985 | Sep 30, 1997 | Furnishing launch & associated services for Spacelab J/FMPT on reimbursable basis. Further funding not specified. | FMPT First Material Processing Test. MOU with Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) for furnishing launch & associated services for Spacelab J/FMPT. It allows a Japanese Payload Specialist to perform experiments involving material processing and life science in a microgravity environment. |
| Japan | NASA | Jan 28, 1988 | Termination one year after ERS-1 mission ends. | Funding not specified | S&T collaboration between the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) and NASA for direct access by NASA's Fairbanks Station to data from the Earth Resources Satellite-1 (ERS-1). |
| Japan | NASA | Dec 19, 1989 | Termination after one year of completion. | Both parties pay for their part; further funding information not specified. | (ITSP) MOU with the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of Japan, implementing the exchange of diplomatic notes of 9/25/89, concerning Geotail satellite cooperation (space physics) for the development, launch, and operation of a scientific satellite to investigate the geomagnetic tail regions of the magnetosphere to measure global energy flow and transformation. |
| Japan | NASA | Oct 20, 1995 | 3 yrs. after ADEOS launch;then renewable each yr. | Each party pays its part; furthe funding information not specified. | MOU with the National Space Development Agency of Japan for joint development, launch, operations, and use of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). It will end one year after data collection from TRMM Observatory ends, or can be extended by mutual written agreement. |
| Japan | NASA | Oct 25, 1994 | Oct 25, 1999: , which can be renewed thereafter each year. | Each party pays its part; further funding information not specified. | MOU between NASA and the National Development Agency of Japan for the cooperation in the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS) program. An amendment went into force 6/10/96, incorporating the 7/20/95 Government-to-Government agreement establishing a framework for a cross-waiver of liability for cooperation in the exploration and use of space for peaceful purposes. |
| Japan | NASA | Feb 4, 1994 | Feb 4, 1999 | Funding not specified | Collaboration in the Space Flyer Unit (SFU), including the retrieval from Earth orbit of the SFU spacecraft and other reimbursable and cooperative activities. |
| Japan | NASA | Mar 14, 1989 | Termination date: Indefinite | $3.1 billion. | MOU for the detailed design, development, operation, and utilization of the permanently manned civil Space Station (International Space Station). |
| Japan | NASA | Sep 25, 1989 | Terminates 1 year after completion of mission. | Both parties pay for their part; further funding information not specified | Exchange of diplomatic notes for the development, launch and operation of a scientific satellite to investigate the geomagnetic tail regions of the magnetosphere to measure global energy flow and transformation. (ISTP) |
| Japan | NASA | Dec 12, 1994 | Dec 12, 1999 | NASA Programmatic | Exchange of diplomatic notes activated this MOU for the training of Japanese astronauts. |
| Japan | US Gov (NASA) | Aug 1, 1996 | Termination date: Indefinite | Each party pays its part; further funding information not specified. | Government-to-Government agreement (exchange of diplomatic notes) for cooperation on the Balloon-borne Superconducting Magnet Spectrometer Program. Implementing agreement (MOU) entered into force 8/1/96 with the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of the Ministry of Education of Japan. |
| Japan | US Gov (NASA) | Jul 20, 1995 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | Government-to-Government agreement establishing a framework for a cross-waiver of liability for cooperation in the exploration and use of space for peaceful purposes. |
| Korea | NASA | Jun 14, 1996 | Termination date: Indefinite | Each party pays its part; further funding information not specified. | Space cooperation between NASA and the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Korea to facilitate communication and identification of common interests for potential cooperation in space activities. |
| Mongolia | NASA | Mar 9, 1993 | Dec 31, 1994 | Funding not specified | An MOU between NASA and the National Remote Sensing Center of Mongolia for the establishment and opening of an Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) receiving station in Ulaanbator to collect 1-kilometer image data. |
| Morocco | NASA | Jan 28, 1987 | Jan 28, 1997 | Funding not specified | Use of Morocc's Ben Guerir airbase as a Space Shuttle emergency landing site. |
| Multilateral | DOC (NOAA) | Mar 24, 1992 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | In return for NOAA calibration/validation support, the European Space Agency (ESA) is furnishing to NOAA for U.S. Government use low bit rate, fast delivery data products generated by ESA from the European Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS 1) mission launched in July 1991. |
| Multilateral | DOC (NOAA) | Sep 1, 1988 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | Search and Rescue Satellite System; 15 year agreement including the U.S., the USSR, France and Canada. |
| Multilateral | DOC (NOAA) | Aug 20, 1993 | Termination date: Indefinite | No U.S. funding | Agreement for backup of geostationary meteorological satellites between NOAA and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). |
| Multilateral | DOC (NOAA) | Feb 23, 1984 | Lifespan of Landsat 4 and 5. | No U.S. funding | MOU with ESA for direct reception and distribution of Landsat data at Landsat ground station. |
| Multilateral | NASA | Jan 14, 1986 | Lifespan of ERS-1. | NASA Programmatic | Agreement for tracking and data reception for the ESA Earth Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS-1) at Fairbanks. |
| Multilateral | NASA | Nov 30, 1989 | On-going agreement | NASA Programmatic | MOU with ESA for concerning Solar Terrestrial Research Program (STSP) (space physics) to achieve successful completion of the CLUSTER and SOHO missions. |
| Multilateral | NASA | Oct 7, 1977 | Apr 24, 2001 | NASA Programmatic | Cooperative participation in the development and use of the Hubble Space Telescope to extend the sensitivity, resolving power, and spectral range of astronomical observations decisively beyond those achievable from Earth. MOU between ESA and NASA to expire 11 years after launch (4/24/90). Renewal requires consultation one year prior to expiration. |
| Multilateral | NASA | Dec 17, 1990 | Funding through respective governments. | MOU with ESA to define the ways and means by which NASA and ESA will cooperate within the framework of the joint Cassini mission, which consists of the development and use of the NASA Saturn Orbiter and the ESA Huyens Probe (planned launch in 1997); MOU terminates 12 years after launch. | |
| Multilateral | NASA | Sep 29, 1988 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | MOU with ESA, Government of Japan, the Ministry of State for Science and Technology of Canada,to cooperate regarding the detailed design, development, operation, and utilization of the permanently manned, civil Space Station (International Space Station). |
| Multilateral | NASA | Oct 3, 1991 | Dec 31, 1999 | Funding not specified | European Retrieval Carrier (EURECA). MOU with ESA for utilizing the Space Shuttle for the launch and subsequent retrieval of at least one EURECA spacecraft. |
| Multilateral | NASA | Mar 29, 1979 | Oct 6, 1995: On-going agreement | NASA Programmatic | Ulysses; MOU, on cooperative mission to study the poles of the sun, between ESA and NASA. Formerly called the International Solar Polar Mission. |
| Multilateral | NASA | Aug 28, 1995 | End of lifetime of ERS-2 satellite. | Each party pays its part; further funding information not specified. | MOU providing for reception by NASA of data from the second European Remote Sensing (ERS-2) satellite and for NASA's making available to the user community and ESA data acquired by its ground stations. |
| Multilateral | NSF | Oct 20, 1994 | Dec 31, 2012 | $176 million (50% us, 25% UK, 15% Canada, 5% Chile, 2.5% Argentina, 2.5% Brazil | NSF agreement with the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the National Research Council of Canada to construct and operate an 8 meter telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii and an 8 meter telescope on Cerro Pachon, Chile. An amendment adding Argentina, Brazil and Chile as parties to the agreement was signed by the Secretaria de Ciencia y Tecnologia and the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas of Argentina, the Ministry of Science and Technology of Brazil, and the Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica of Chile. |
| Norway | NASA | Jul 17, 1975 | Termination date: Indefinite | NASA Programmatic | MOU with the Royal Norwegian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research for sounding rocket flights to: investigate the charged and neutral particle, electric, and magnetic fields, and the radiation environment of the polar ionosphere; enhance scientific understanding of the composition and behavior of the high-latitude mesosphere; and support aeronomic and solar terrestrial relationships investigations involving ground-based, balloon, and satellite observation programs. |
| Norway | NASA | Oct 3, 1994 | Oct 3, 1999 | : Each party pays its part; further funding information not specified. | MOU with the Norwegian Space Centre for cooperative sounding rocket activities to enhance scientific understanding of ultraviolet and x-ray astronomy, upper Earth atmosphere, and solar, mesosphere, thermosphere, and space plasma physics. |
| Pakistan | DOC (NOAA) | Nov 26, 1984 | Lifespan of Landsat 4 and 5. | No U.S. funding | Direct reception and distribution of Landsat data at Landsat ground station. |
| Russia | NASA | Jun 30, 1995 | Jun 30, 2002 | Each party pays its part; further funding information not specified. | MOU with the Ministry of Science and Technology Policy and the Russian Space Agency for cooperation relating to the Space Biomedical Center for Training and Research in the Russian Federation. |
| Russia | NASA | Oct 5, 1992 | Oct 5, 1997: or whenever the projects have been completed. | Funding not specified | Implementing Agreement with the Russian Space Agency of the Russian Federation for cooperation in the area of human space flight referred to as the "Shuttle-Mir Program." (amended by protocol of 12/15/93) . |
| Russia | NASA | Feb 25, 1994 | Feb 28, 2004 | Funding not specified | Agreement with the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) for the application of space geodesy to the solution of important scientific problems to earth science and global change research contributing to NASA's Dynamics of the Solid Earth (DOSE) program and to similar programs at RAS. |
| Russia | NASA | Jul 25, 1990 | Termination date: Indefinite | Funding not specified | Launch of the U.S. TOMS (Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer), including an Interface Adapter Module, on a Soviet Meteor-3 satellite. |
| Russia | US Gov (NASA) | Feb 22, 1995 | Termination date: Not Specified. | Funding not specified | Government-to-Government agreement placing into effect the implementing agreement signed 12/16/94 between NASA and the Russian Space Agency for flight of a U.S. Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) III and a Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) aboard a Russian Meteor-3M spacecraft. |
| Russia | US Gov (NASA) | Jun 17, 1992 | Jun 17, 1997: ; can be extended by exchange of diplomatic notes. | Funding not specified | Renewed agreement, called the Agreement between the United States of America and the Russian Federation concerning Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Uses, signed by Presidents Bush and Yeltsin. Cooperation in 5 areas of space science and applications: Space biology and medicine; solar system exploration; astronomy and astrophysics; solar terrestrial physics; and earth sciences. 2 implementing agreements under it refer to: (1) two Russian Cosmonauts will fly on the Space Shuttle, and a NASA astronaut will fly on the Russian Space Station. These activities may be expanded in subsequent agreements; (2) 2 US made scientific instruments will be carried on a Russian probe. The probe will land on Mars in 1994. An implementing agreement (entered into force 1/30/96) between NASA and the Russian Space Agency conducts active dosimetric research using the U.S.-developed Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter (TEPC) system during the flight of the Russian "Mars" mission. |
| Russia | US Gov (NASA) | Oct 4, 1996 | Termination date: Indefinite | Each party pays it part; further funding information not specified. | Spectrum-X Gamma. Government-to-Government agreement through exchange of diplomatic notes to implement the MOU signed in 6/30/95 with the Russian Space Agency covering this first of three missions in Russia's Spectrum series of observatories for astronomy and astrophysics. This mission will be the first U.S.-Russia collaboration in space astrophysics, with two U.S. instruments being flown on the Russian spacecraft. |
| Russia | US Gov (NASA) | Jun 30, 1995 | Termination date: Indefinite | Russia contribution to Space Station in excess of $2 billion. | Government-to-Government agreement accepting the Interim agreement signed 6/23/94 with the Russian Space Agency for the conduct of activities leading to Russian partnership in the detailed design, development, operation, and utilization of the permanently manned civil Space Station. Terminates when the NASA/RSA MOU and the amended Government-to-Government agreement addressing cooperation on the civil Space Station enter into force. |
| Saudi Arabia | DOC (NOAA) | Sep 25, 1984 | Lifespan of Landsat 4 and 5. | No U.S. funding | Direct reception & distribution of Landsat data at Landsat ground station. |
| South Africa | DOC (NOAA) | Oct 19, 1983 | Termination date: Indefinite | No U.S. funding | Direct reception and distribution of Landsat data at Landsat ground station. |
| South Africa | NASA | May 10, 1996 | May 10, 2004: ; or duration of mission. | Each party pays its part; further funding information not specified. | MOU with the Foundation for Research Development of the Republic of South Africa for cooperation in achieving successful completion of the SUNSAT microsatellite project. Can also terminate after a period of data analysis not to exceed 3 years after failure of the successfully launched spacecraft. |
| Spain | NASA | Jan 29, 1964 | Jan 29, 1997 | Funding not specified | Renewal of older Agreement between NASA and Spain (EIF 5/1/84 to /89). Allows for a NASA tracking and data acquisition station. |
| Spain | NASA | Jul 11, 1991 | Jul 11, 1999: Self-renewing agreement after 8 years. | Funding not specified | Use of Spanish air bases (Moron de la Frontera, Rota, and Zaragoza, and the airport of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Gando Air Base), Canary Islands) as Space Shuttle emergency site. Promotion of space R&D cooperation. |
| Sweden | NASA | Jun 10, 1996 | Jun 10, 2001 | Each party pays its part; further funding information not specified. | MOU with the Swedish Board for Space Activities for sounding rocket cooperative activities to: investigate the charged and neutral particle, field, and radiation environment of the polar ionosphere; enhance scientific understanding of the composition, dust content, and behavior of the high-latitude mesosphere; and support aeronomic and solar terrestrial relationships investigations involving ground-based and satellite observation programs. Originally signed into force 8/28/73. |
| Thailand | DOC (NOAA) | Sep 18, 1985 | Lifespan of Landsat 4 and 5. | No U.S. funding | Direct reception and distribution of Landsat data at Landsat ground station. |
| Ukraine | US Gov (NASA) | Nov 22, 1994 | Nov 22, 1999 | Each party pays its part; further funding information not specified. | It can be extended for an additional 5-yr. period by an exchange of diplomatic notes. Governmentto-Government agreement for cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes. |
| United Kingdom | DOC (NOAA) | Feb 14, 1986 | Active for lifetime of K, L, M spacecraft. | Funding not specified | United Kingdom will provide an Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) for flights on future NOAA spacecraft. |
