The Commonwealth Space Agency (联邦航天局 - Chinese), abbreviated as CSA, is the department of the Commonwealth of Allied Planets, that is concerned with space transport, exploration and communications. Formed in 2045, the CSA spearheaded the Colonisation Initiative in 2049, which terraformed Mars and Venus by 2086, and encouraged many people to emigrate from Earths terrible environmental conditions. The CSA is also responsible for the Ark Ship flights between planets, and the InterplaNet, the interplanetary internet, aswell as space exploration and research missions.