United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), Vienna International Centre, P. O. Box 500, Wien (2026)

25/06/2026

🚨Registration is now open!🚀

Want to strengthen your use of space and geospatial data for early warning, climate action, and disaster risk assessment?

📍Join us in Islamabad🇵🇰 for the UN/Pakistan International Conference on “Leveraging Space Technology for EW4All, Climate Actions and Disaster Risk Assessment.”

The five-day conference is followed by a hands-on training course on “Space-Based Disaster Management - Shifting Focus from Reactive to Proactive Approaches”.

🗓️ Conference: 27-31 October 2026
🗓️ Training course: 2-6 November 2026

🤝 Organised by UNOOSA, in cooperation with the Government of Pakistan and hosted by SUPARCO - Pakistan Space Research Commission, this event is a unique opportunity to exchange expertise and build practical skills in applying space-based and geospatial information for disaster resilience.

Programme highlights include:
🔹 Space-enabled early warning systems (EW4All)
🔹 Space and geospatial applications for the Sendai Framework, SDG 13, and the Paris Agreement
🔹 Flood, drought and heatwave risk assessment (incl. Google Earth Engine)

👉 More information: https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/psa/schedule/2026/un-pakistan.html
⏳ Deadline for registration: 25 July 2026
🔗Register here: https://forms.office.com/e/zaUqfd3sdD

24/06/2026

🚀✨UNOOSA was proudly represented at the International Festival of Creativity this week! UNOOSA Director Aarti Holla-Maini and United Nations Champion for Space Professor Brian Cox joined the world's leading gathering of brands, marketers, advertisers, media leaders and storytellers to engage a new audience in the conversation about space and its role in our collective future.

Alongside astronaut and geoscientist Dr. Sian Proctor — the first woman commercial spaceship pilot — and PVBLIC Foundation Chairman Sergio Fernandez de Cordova, they highlighted how space is transforming the way we connect, create and innovate.

🎬 As space technologies become embedded in everyday life, they are opening new opportunities for storytellers, marketers and decision-makers. The takeaway: space is no longer a distant concept—it is an essential part of the creative brief.

🛰️ The discussion explored how space-based data and services support everyday life: connecting remote communities, enabling disaster preparedness, and monitoring our changing climate. Yet while space technologies power many aspects of modern life, its potential remains widely overlooked outside the space sector.

By bringing space into conversations with the global creative community, the session underscored the role that communicators, brands and media can play in helping people understand why space matters, and how it contributes to sustainable development on Earth.

🤝 Beyond the seminar, the festival created avenues for dialogue with leaders across sectors on the role of space in shaping a more innovative, resilient and sustainable future.

🙏 Thank you to PVBLIC for convening these important discussions and for its partnership in advancing awareness of space as a force for sustainable development and international cooperation.

📸: PVBLIC Foundation

23/06/2026

🛰️ What happens when two satellites are on a collision course and their operators can't reach each other in time?

That was the question UNOOSA put to members of the Expert Group on Space Situational Awareness during a table-top exercise in Vienna ahead of COPUOS. The answer was clear: while conjunction warnings are becoming more common, today there is still no reliable global mechanism for satellite operators to quickly identify and contact one another when urgent coordination is needed.

🌍 The exercise made the case for exactly the tool UNOOSA has developed: The UN Satellite Operator Contact Hub (UN SOCH), an online platform that allows satellite operators — public, private, academic, and others — to register and instantly find each other’s points of contact, so the right people can reach each other in minutes, not days, to coordinate operations and avoid collision.

With this tool, we are operationalising Guideline B.1 of the COPUOS Guidelines for the Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities, which encourages the sharing of contact information to enhance the safety and sustainability of space operations.

Last week, we presented UN SOCH to satellite operators from around the world, the very community whose participation will make the platform effective and help keep outer space safe and sustainable for everyone.

And these past two weeks during COPUOS, the Expert Group on SSA continued work on preliminary recommendations on operationalising LTS Guidelines B.1 and B.4, helping transform voluntary principles into practical tools and procedures.

🚀 UN SOCH launches in July 2026. Stay tuned!

18/06/2026

🌍 It's a wrap on ! The international community took some giant leaps forward and advanced work on the priorities of the space sector.

COPUOS saw applications for membership from The Bahamas🇧🇸, Kyrgyzstan🇰🇬, Serbia🇷🇸 and Uganda🇺🇬

🛰️ The Expert Group on Space Situational Awareness proposed its first recommendations to strengthen international coordination & information-sharing for space safety, marking an important step toward the future Satellite Operator Contact Hub (UNSOCH).

🌕 The Action Team on Lunar Activities Consultation (ATLAC) began discussing the scope and mandate of an international mechanism for information-sharing and exchange, to enhance cooperation and address emerging challenges from increased lunar activities.

✈️ UNOOSA published an Issues Brief on Airspace Integration for Space Transportation Operations and hosted the 1st meeting of the ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization Task Force to address key questions, develop a workplan, & establish a drafting team for new guidelines: shorturl.at/zjAnv

🏥 The Space & Global Health Network reviewed implementation of the UN 2025–2035 Space and Global Health Strategy and welcomed the Earth Observation Health Architecture to strengthen health systems through satellite data.

📚 UNOOSA released its 2025 Annual Report, "Pulling Back the Curtain": shorturl.at/6PKdv

👩🏽‍🚀 UNOOSA published “Tala and Her Journey through Space", which teaches children about space science, space law, the Moon, & the role of the UN: shorturl.at/n1S68

🤝UNOOSA and UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization signed a Joint Declaration launching Space4Industry, a new platform to help countries use space technologies to strengthen industries, build resilience & support sustainable development.

🤝Space4Resilience was launched in partnership with the The Commonwealth & Spacedata Inc., expanding access to satellite data to strengthen disaster resilience across all 56 Commonwealth nations.

📡 UN-SPIDER launched a new, free Earth Observation course developed with Wuhan University, The United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment, and Health and APSCO: shorturl.at/SZ6oY

🌊 The Space4Ocean Alliance Steering Committee elected its 2026-2027 Board, expanded membership to 32 members & 7 observers, and launched two new Working Groups focused on artificial intelligence and policy support.

✒️ UNOOSA celebrated the conclusion of its Space4Women Landmark Study by signing an MoU with the The Dawood Foundation to provide training & professional opportunities to young women.

📢 And that’s not all: the past two weeks also featured more than 30 side events & exhibitions! 📸 Find photos here: www.bit.ly/COPUOS2026Photos

17/06/2026

🚀UNOOSA just launched two new initiatives that put space directly to work for people on the ground: and .

🤝 UNOOSA and UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization signed a Joint Declaration launching Space4Industry, a new platform that helps countries use space technologies to strengthen industries, build resilience and support sustainable development.

🤝 UNOOSA, The Commonwealth and SpaceData Inc. also launched Space4Resilience, an initiative to strengthen disaster resilience that will expand access to satellite data across all 56 Commonwealth member states, with a focus on Small Island Developing States and other countries most exposed to climate risks.

The private sector is an essential partner in both efforts. SpaceData's AI-powered digital twin technology can simulate floods, sea-level rise and other hazards, helping governments prepare before disasters happen.

🇧🇷 This cooperation is already delivering results. UNOOSA, UNIDO and SpaceData are working together on solutions in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, to develop flood simulations and strengthen industrial resilience.

🌍 Both initiatives share a simple principle: countries should be partners and co-creators, not just beneficiaries. Capacity-building remains central, including through UNOOSA's UN-SPIDER programme, helping turn data into action.

These partnerships also show what is possible when the UN system, governments and industry work together to deliver solutions where they are needed most.

🔗 To help shape the priorities of Space4Resilience, Member States are invited to share their disaster resilience needs and priorities through a survey: https://un-survey.web.app/

16/06/2026

🚀✈️ What happens when a rocket launch and a commercial flight need the same sky?

As space launches and re-entries become more frequent, this is no longer a rare question. Every launch or re-entry can require airspace to close, affecting flight routes, airline operations, passengers and space missions alike.

📖That is why UNOOSA just published a new issues brief to inform the space community of this issue: “Challenges and Opportunities of Airspace Integration for Space Transportation Operations.”

It outlines why the current reliance on ad hoc airspace closures is becoming harder to sustain, and why stronger international cooperation, greater transparency, harmonized practices and practical coordination between aviation and space authorities are increasingly needed.

🚧 With over 315 successful launches in 2025 alone, what was once exceptional is becoming routine. The stakes are high: delays and rerouting for aviation, increased fuel burn and network disruption, missed orbital windows for space operators, and growing questions of fairness, efficiency and safety for all users of airspace.

🤝This week in Vienna, on the margins of , the ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization Space Operations Task Force was launched to advance this work, bringing together aviation and space communities to discuss how launch and re-entry operations can be safely and efficiently integrated into airspace systems.

Because the future is not about choosing between rockets and planes. It is about making sure both can operate safely, efficiently and fairly in the same shared sky.

🔗 Read the full brief for more:https://www.unoosa.org/res/oosadoc/data/documents/2026/2026/unoosa2026is1-old_0_html/IssuesBriefAirspaceIntegrationfinal.pdf

15/06/2026

🚀📖 UNOOSA’s 2025 Annual Report "Pulling Back the Curtain" is out now! Some of the highlights:

🌍 COPUOS welcomed 6 new Member States and 6 new observer organizations, reaching 110 Member States and 62 permanent observers.

📡 2,636 satellites were registered with the UN Register of Objects Launched into Space, a new record, while over 315 rocket launches shattered the previous year's milestone.

🛡️ The Expert Group on Space Situational Awareness was established, a concrete step towards space traffic coordination.

🌕 The Action Team on Lunar Activities Consultation (ATLAC) became operational, providing a structured platform for States to coordinate lunar activities.

☄️ Asteroid 2024 YR4 triggered the first-ever activation of the international planetary defence mechanism, with the Secretary-General informing all Member States of the threat.

🌊 UNOOSA helped launch the Space4Ocean Alliance as a founding partner, now chaired by Director Aarti Holla-Maini.

📈 UNOOSA and UNOPS launched the Space Cooperation for Development Fund to mobilise resources and scale solutions.

⭐ Professor Brian Cox was appointed United Nations Champion for Space, helping bring the relevance of space to audiences worldwide.

🤝 UNOOSA, in collaboration with the Commonwealth, SpaceDataInc and partners created digital twins to support climate resilience for Accra (Ghana), Tobago and Tongatapu Island (Tonga). See: https://youtu.be/Z8jOIwbD620?si=y2g-znFwhcpJr2pR

And that’s not all! The report showcases impact and demonstrates what space diplomacy means in practice.

📖 Read the full report:https://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/annualreport/UNOOSA_Annual_Report_2025.pdf

12/06/2026

📚🚀 Today we launched the United Nations version of "Tala and Her Journey through Space", a children's book that brings the wonders and rules of outer space to young minds around the world!

Tala, which means 'star' in Filippino, was originally created by the Philippine Space Agency🇵🇭 as “Si Tala at ang Kanyang Lakbay Kalawakan”. This remarkable book has been internationalised and brought to an international audience by UNOOSA and United Nations Vienna, and is now available in all 6 official languages of the UN: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish and Russian.

Through Tala's eyes, children will discover:
🌍 The role of the UN and COPUOS in ensuring the peaceful uses of outer space
🛰️ How satellite technologies drive sustainable development on Earth
📜 The importance of international space law and satellite registration
🌕 The importance of international cooperation as humanity looks towards the Moon

As UNOOSA Director Aarti Holla-Maini said today: "Inspiring the youth is not just about teaching science; it is also about teaching the rules, cooperation, and diplomacy that keep space peaceful and sustainable for everyone."

Tala's journey does not stop there. UNOOSA is actively working with Member States to translate the book into additional national languages. Liechtenstein🇱🇮 has already stepped up with a contribution to support a German translation, reaching six German-speaking countries, while Malta🇲🇹 and Slovenia🇸🇮 have signalled their intent to translate Tala into Maltese and Slovenian.

🔗 Interested in bringing Tala to your country's schools or teaching your sons and daughters about STEM? Download the 6 versions of ebook here: https://lnkd.in/dYjnZwVa

📚 If you are interested in translating Tala into your country’s national language, or funding the printing of physical copies, please contact us at oosa[at]un.org.

11/06/2026

🚨🚨 New course alert! 🛰️ Learn how to turn satellite data into action for sustainable development.

UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER are pleased to announce the launch of Earth Observation for Sustainable Development: Harnessing the Power of Chinese Satellites -- a free, self-paced online course developed jointly with Wuhan University, the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment, and Health and the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO).

🛰️ Space technology is one of the most powerful tools we have to monitor our planet, understand risks and support better decision-making. This course is designed for practitioners, government officials, NGO staff, policymakers, researchers, academics, students, and anyone interested in using geospatial data for sustainable development.

You’ll learn to:
📡 Access Chinese EO satellite data from Gaofen, Ziyuan, Haiyang and more
🌿 Analyse optical satellite data for land cover classification
🌊 Use SAR data for all-weather flood mapping
🎯 Apply EO data through real-world case studies on disaster risk reduction, water resource management and socio-economic impact assessment

Why take this course?
💻 Online and self-paced, 4 to 6 weeks
🌐 Accessible to beginners -- no prior remote sensing experience required!
✅ Free of charge
📊 Practical case studies linked to real-world decision-making

🔗 Learn more and enroll: https://lnkd.in/eyfqaXEH

10/06/2026

The Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space kicked off its 69th session today in Vienna! 🚀 We welcomed 6 new Member States: Côte d'Ivoire🇨🇮, the Gambia🇬🇲, Honduras🇭🇳, the Maldives🇲🇻, Malta🇲🇹 and Zimbabwe🇿🇼, bringing total membership to 110 States alongside requests from The Bahamas🇧🇸, Kyrgyzstan🇰🇬, Serbia🇷🇸 and Uganda🇺🇬.

🤝 Applications to observe were also received from AstroAccess, Astro Aid, Center for Advocacy and Global Growth (CAGG), Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Chilean Space Association (ACHIDE), Cosmic Footprint Society, and Latin American Association of Air and Space Law (ALADA).

🔥Key highlights from today:

📢 UNOOSA Director Aarti Holla-Maini said: “The Committee continues to make tangible progress on space resources, nuclear power sources, planetary defence, space situational awareness, information-sharing, and lunar coordination. This work directly responds to urgent current and future operational priorities.”

Prof. Teodoro Valente of Italy🇮🇹, Head of Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, was elected as COPUOS Chair. In his opening remarks, he said: "As Chair, and as head of a space agency, I see great opportunities ahead to strengthen cooperation, support innovation, and expand exploration responsibly... The eyes of the world are on us, and the Committee must show that it can respond effectively and efficiently and keep pace with today’s space economy. " He joins First Vice-Chair Ms. Melita Župevc of Slovenia🇸🇮 and Second Vice-Chair and Rapporteur Mr. Akeem Babatunde Rabiu of Nigeria🇳🇬 for the 2026-2027 term.

🌍 UN-SPIDER is now a recognised operational partner within the UN humanitarian system, leveraging space technology in support of disaster response worldwide.

💡The newly announced Space4Resilience initiative will support Small Island Developing States in building resilience in the face of sea level rise, using space and AI-powered digital twin solutions.

🛰️ We unveiled a new Space Solutions Gateway with over 1,000 solutions in its beta platform, bridging the gap between space capabilities and the needs of Member States.

🛸 UNOOSA and JAXA also announced the winners of the 9th round of ! Teams from El Salvador🇸🇻 (Key Institute) and Thailand🇹🇭 (Chulalongkorn University) will deploy CubeSats from the ISS. El Salvador's "CAREY" will be the country's first-ever university CubeSat.

The work of this Committee matters for every nation on Earth. Watch the session live on WebTV at bit.ly/COPUOS2026

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