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The Origin and Aims of COSPAR
The COmmittee on SPAce Research (COSPAR) was established by the International
Council of Scientific Unions in October 1958 to continue the cooperative programmes of rocket and satellite research successfully undertaken
during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58. The ICSU resolution ... click here for full Aims & Scope
The Origin and Aims of COSPAR
The COmmittee on SPAce Research (COSPAR) was established by the International
Council of Scientific Unions in October 1958 to continue the cooperative programmes of rocket and satellite research successfully undertaken
during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58. The ICSU resolution creating COSPAR stated that the primary purpose of COSPAR was
to "provide the world scientific community with the means whereby it may exploit the possibilities of satellites and space probes of
all kinds for scientific purposes, and exchange the resulting data on a cooperative basis". Hence, COSPAR is an interdisciplinary scientific
organization concerned with progress on an international scale of all kinds of scientific investigations carried out with space vehicles,
rockets and balloons.
COSPAR's objectives are carried out by the international community of scientists working through ICSU and
its adhering national academies and international scientific unions. Operating under the rules of ICSU, COSPAR ignores political considerations
and considers all questions solely from the scientific viewpoint.
The COSPAR Information Bulletin has been published since
1960. The Bulletin addresses not only researchers connected with COSPAR but also other scientists and the lay public active
or interested in the latest developments in scientific space activities. Occasionally a guest editorial, invited article or a space image
of interest to the community will be included. Its contents include the following regular items related to space research:
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News from COSPAR
• Information on future meetings
• Scientific space mission news
• Survey of satellites and
space probes
• News from space organizations
• International Geophysical Calendar (published in the December issue)
•
Articles and Reports
• Information on publications
COSPAR Secretariat:
c/o CNES, 2 place Maurice Quentin, 75039 Paris
Cedex 01, France. 
http://cosparhq.cnes.fr, email: cospar@cospar.cnes.fr
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