Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
Comité pour la recherche spatiale
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Contact Details
URL: https://cosparhq.cnes.fr/
COSPAR Assembly: https://www.cospar-assembly.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CommitteeOnSpaceResearch/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cosparhq
Founded
1958-10-02 Washington DC USA
History
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Promote, on an international level, scientific research in space with emphasis on exchange of results, information and opinions; provide a forum, open to all scientists, for discussion of problems that may affect scientific space research.
Events
2028-07-08 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Scientific Assembly2026-08-01 | Florence, Italy – Scientific Assembly
2025-11-03 | Nicosia, Cyprus – COSPAR Symposium
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Activities
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Regular relations with: D-XD0868 - European Space Agency (ESA); B-XB3383 - UNESCO; B-XB3556 - World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Working relations with: B-XB2622 - International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and its Radiocommunication Sector; E-XE4161 - UNEP. Collaborates with: K-XM2730 - WMO Space Programme.
- Observer status with: Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS)
- Member of: International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG)
- Links with: Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Represented in: E-XE3210 - Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR). Liaison member of: E-XJ4407 - Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS). Official association with: F-XC1125 - International Academy of Astronautics (IAA). Regular relations with: F-XF9983 - World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). Collaborates with: B-XB1312 - International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS); C-XC1381 - International Astronautical Federation (IAF). In liaison with technical committees of: B-XB2314 - International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
- Member of: Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)
- Member of: Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP)
- Links with: All international scientific union members of COSPAR
- Links with: European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL)
- Links with: European Geosciences Union (EGU)
- Links with: European Space Sciences Committee (ESSC)
- Links with: International Association of Geodesy (IAG)
- Links with: International Astronomical Union (IAU)(Commission on the Light of the Night Sky)
- Links with: International Geographical Union (IGU)
- Links with: International Space Environment Service (ISES)
- Links with: International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS)
- Links with: Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
- Links with: Scientific Committee on Frequency Allocations for Radio Astronomy and Space Science (IUCAF)
- Links with: Union radio-scientifique internationale (URSI)(Commission for Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine)
- Links with: Women in Aerospace Europe (WIA Europe)
Publications
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XE0323
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