Developing index of priority cooperation of Russian Federation in space industry with developing industries of Asia, Africa and Latin America

The article is devoted to the construction and practical approbation of the ranking methodology of developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America on the basis of priority for the Russian Federation to the cooperation development in the space field. This paper is the second part of the article and reflects the results of the calculations based on statistics and on the examination of information about the considered countries. As a result of quantitative and qualitative analysis eight groups of basic indicators have been selected. These indicators have the influence on the rate of development of space industry in emerging countries and their involvement into cooperation with The Russian Federation. Using the principal component analysis eight sub-indexes and the integral index have been constructed. It is shown that China has the highest priority, and then follows India and Brazil. Five key for the cooperation development in space field countries from Asia, Africa and Latin America have been indicated based on the constructed integral index.

Aerospace, space cooperation, space industry, the market for services and space facilities, countries ranking, principal components analysis, high technology export, co-operation with developing countries