Secure World Foundation announced the release of three new fact sheets that detail a set of current international initiatives that focus on space sustainability - the ability of all humanity to continue to use outer space for peaceful purposes and socioeconomic benefit over the long term.
On the sidelines of the 55th session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), the Chinese BeiDou/COMPASS satellitemodel was inaugurated on 8 June 2012 in Vienna, Austria. The model is donated by the People's Republic of China.
The 2012 session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) will take place 6-15 June 2012 in Vienna. The provisional agenda for the fifty-fifth session (includes indicative schedule of work) is now available on the UNOOSA website.