The 2026 Global Space Infrastructure Assessment, released at the 2026 China
International Fair for Trade in Services, ranks the United States first and
China second. The top 10 are: United States, China, Japan, Russia, United
Kingdom, Germany, France, India, Italy, Netherlands. The report says the US and
China lead on hard-power metrics; Japan, Russia, the UK and India are
competitive. On soft-power metrics it lists France, the US, Russia, Italy and
China as leaders.