A new report to COSPAR from Poland on space research and technology activities is now available from the "Adhering Member Institution Reports to COSPAR" link in the left hand menu column of this web page.

Magnetic Flux Ropes in Solar and Stellar Environments: deadline 31 August 2021

Space Weather Events in Solar Cycle 22: deadline 1 August 2021

Spaceborne SAR Remote Sensing for Characterization of Natural and Manmade Features: deadline 30 April 2021

Full description at:
https://cosparhq.cnes.fr/publications/advances-in-space-research-asr/

Manuscript submission at:
http://www.ees.elsevier.com/asr

Guidelines for Session Chairs Guidelines for Session Chairs

Message from the Chair of the Program Committee How to Prepare / Optmise Particpation in the COSPAR-2021 Assembly

See the press release for recipients of COSPAR 2020 awards and medals. COSPAR congratulates all recipients. COSPAR 2021-Hybrid participants, be sure to watch the ceremony to take place during the 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 30 January 2021, AEDT 17:00 - 18:00, or at any time thereafter on demand.

If you submitted an event proposal for COSPAR 2022 between 20 and 25 November, please re-submit it. A glitch in the system, now repaired, blocked some transmissions. Submission form at https://www.cospar-assembly.org/show_infopage.php?info=70

6 easy steps.

Associates are encouraged to submit one or more scientific event proposals for COSPAR 2022 (Athens, Greece). Please submit proposals by 15 December 2020 using the form available at https://www.cospar-assembly.org/show_infopage.php?info=70

The deadline for the short summary is 30 November 2020 due to technical/logistical requirements for splicing submissions together for the 45 minute oral presentation and Q&A sessions. The deadline for full presentation uploads is 31 December 2020. The early presenters' registration fee is activated by uploading of the short summary by 30 November.

Listen and watch as they share with you what is in store for you at COSPAR-2021-Hybrid. A short teaser is also available.

Information and instructions for virtual presentations are now available.

This page is now open for new abstract submissions through 11 October 2020. Please use the "Abstract Submission and Log-in" link at the top of the left hand menu column on this screen. Information about how the Assembly will work is available here.

The COSPAR Bureau approved an updated Policy on Planetary Protection on 17 June 2020. The updated version of the policy and an introductory note are published in Space Research Today, No 208, August 2020, Pages 10-22. The Introductory Note and the most recent version of the COSPAR Policy on Planetary Protection are also available from the Panel on Planetary Protection (PPP) web page.

The COSPAR Task Group on establishing a Constellation of Small Satellites (TGCSS) will hold three webinars to explore this concept. The American zone webinar took place place 2 September. Watch video here. The Asia/Oceania sector is scheduled for 29 September 2020 at 15:30 (Beijing time, GMT+8), and the European/Mid-East/Africa sector will follow about two weeks later. To anticipate attendance levels, those interested in the European/Mid-East/Africa webinar should express their interest by sending a message to COSPAR and for the Asia/Oceania webinar to ISSI-BJ

COSPAR 2021 Goes Hybrid, Sydney, Australia, 28 January - 4 February 2021 and 24/7 wherever you are. Preliminary information. More details to follow.

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2020 COSPAR Outstanding Paper Award for Young Scientists. All the papers are available free to read until 3 August 2021.

- Nova Eruptions, Cataclysmic Variables and Related Systems: Challenges in the 2020 Era, Edited by Şölen Balman, Volume 66, Issue 5, 1 September 2020. Preface free to read through July 2021.

- Advances in Small Satellites for Space Science, Edited by Loren C. Chang, Amal Chandran, Volume 66, Issue 1, 1 July 2020. Preface free to read through May 2021.

ASR special issue “Magnetosphere, Ionosphere and their Connection to Space Weather” has been chosen as a featured issues on Elsevier's Physics and Astronomy page and is, therefore, free to read until 31 December 2020.

The 2019 Impact Factor for ASR is 2.177, up from 1.746 in 2018, and the journal also has a 2019 CiteScore of 3.8.

Life Sciences in Space Research (LSSR) has been awarded an Impact Factor of 2.453, up from 2.066 last year, and a CiteScore of 4.0.

LSSR has also been accepted for SCIE, Science Citation Index Expanded. The journal is already included in MEDLINE/PubMed.

Free to read through end 2020, ASR’s most cited article historically: The Multi-GNSS Experiment (MGEX) of the International GNSS Service (IGS) – Achievements, prospects and challenges.

Free to read through end 2020, the top 5 most cited articles published in 2018 and the top 5 most cited articles published in 2019 (10 articles in total).

The leadership of COSPAR and the Local Organizing Committee for COSPAR 2020 in Sydney, Australia have concluded that with the worldwide pandemic and accompanying social and economic disruption, COSPAR 2020 must be postponed.
The new dates for the 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly will be 28 January – 4 February 2021 and hereafter will be referred to as COSPAR 2021.
The extensive planning and preparations for COSPAR 2020 are completely transferable to the new dates, by which time we anticipate that the thirst for knowledge and personal collaboration throughout the global space research community can and will be met with an extremely successful COSPAR Scientific Assembly in Australia.
We sincerely hope that the entire COSPAR community is able to remain healthy and that the extraordinary efforts underway to contain the coronavirus and preserve economic security are successful.
In the meantime, let’s continue to work together virtually so that we ensure a Sydney summer in January 2021 will both brighten our outlook and continue our cause of promoting and facilitating international cooperation and advances in space research.
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COSPAR will hold its fifth Symposium in Singapore, dates TBD, with a focus on Space Science with Small Satellites. Information on the scientific program and other relevant links, including to abstract submission, registration, accommodation and other matters, will be available in due time.

On 8 February New Zealand became a member of COSPAR with the Royal Society Te Apārangi as the national scientific institute. The COSPAR community extends a warm welcome.

Life Sciences in Space Research (LSSR) has obtained a first ever Impact Factor of 2.07, ranking 32nd out of 87 biology journals and in the solid second quartile.

More exciting news for LSSR - the journal has been accepted for SCIE, Science Citation Index Expanded. The journal is already included in MEDLINE/PubMed.

The 2018 Impact Factor for Advances in Space Research (ASR) is 1.746, up from 1.529 in 2017, and at its highest ever.

The International Space Science Institute-Beijing (ISSI-BJ), China invites applications for the position of its Executive Director. Postion description.

Deadline for applications: 31 August 2019

On 3 June Ethiopia became the newest member of COSPAR. The COSPAR community extends its welcome to all Ethiopian space scientists.

On 5 May the UAE became the newest member of COSPAR. The COSPAR community extends its welcome to all UAE space scientists.

Elsevier offers free on-line access, through ScienceDirect for twelve months to the first ASR issue of the year. The 1 January 2019 issue, with a record 811 pages, is now available.

The film commemorating COSPAR's 60 anniversary that was shown at the Pasadena Assembly is now available.

The 44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly will be held in Athens, Greece, 16 - 24 July (dates TBC).

The ASR and LSSR most influential Article Collections of best cited articles are available at:

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/advances-in-space-research/article-selection/article-selection-most-influential-recent-articles-published

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/life-sciences-in-space-research/article-collections/article-selection-most-influential-articles-published-in-lif

Elsevier is offering free access for three months to all papers published in Advances in Space Research selected for the 2018 Outstanding Paper for Young Author Award. During this period, all these papers are freely available on-line at:

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/advances-in-space-research/article-selection/virtual-special-issue-on-the-cospar-outstanding-paper-awards