Concept information
Preferred term
COSPAR
Definition
- The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) was established by ICSU: The International Council for Science in October 1958 to continue the cooperative programs of rocket and satellite research successfully undertaken during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-1958. The ICSU resolution creating COSPAR stated that the primary purpose of COSPAR would be 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." COSPAR is an interdisciplinary scientific organization concerned with international progress in all areas of scientific research 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. For more information, link to "http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data/portals/gcmd/project_search/top.html" (en)
Broader concept
- A - C (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/a2cd5a8a-fb88-47a1-8dfa-91c519403f24
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