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One of these has 17Γ— the satellites of the other.
South Korea vs United Kingdom
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Satellites in Orbit

operational
United Kingdom
660 satellites
South Korea
40 satellites
has 16.5Γ— the satellites of

Astronauts Flown

people to space
United Kingdom
8 people to space
South Korea
1 people to space
has sent 8Γ— as many people to space as

R&D Spending

% of GDP
South Korea
4.94% of GDP
United Kingdom
2.68% of GDP
invests 1.8Γ— the GDP share of in R&D

Patents Filed

per year
South Korea
186.25K patents / yr
United Kingdom
11.59K patents / yr
files 16Γ— the patents of
The verdict
satellites United Kingdom
astronauts United Kingdom
R&D spending South Korea
patents South Korea
2 β€” 2
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South Korea vs United Kingdom β€” Space & Science

One of these has 17Γ— the satellites of the other. Every figure here comes from the same public datasets behind the full comparison β€” World Bank, IMF, UN and national statistics offices.

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