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. The ranking methodology is based on a comprehensive analysis of a variety of factors which in the author’s opinion directly or indirectly affect the ability of Russian exports and the development of scientific, technical and industrial cooperation with the considered countries. The ranking system rests on eight pillars. The integrated index is calculated from these eight pillars and used to rank the countries. The paper consists of two parts: the first describes the methodological approaches to ranking countries on a single integrated index, the second shows the results of calculations based on the collected statistic and information.

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