{{Infobox organization | name = SpaceOps | logo = 220px | type = Committee Organization | founded = Late June 1990 | founder = | origins = "Ground Data Systems for Spacecraft" symposium, organized by ESA in 1990 | region_served = Worldwide | method = Space Operations Standards, Conferences, Publications, Awards, online Journal (ISSN No. 2410-0005) and online SpaceOps Conference archive | num_members = Space Agencies, Academia, Industry | endowment = | website = [http://www.spaceops.org/ www.spaceops.org] | tax_exempt = | dissolved = | footnotes = }}
'''SpaceOps''' (also referred to as the '''International Committee on Technical Interchange for Space Mission Operations and Ground Data Systems''') is an international committee organisation formed in 1992 to "promote and maintain an international community of space operations experts".<ref>{{cite web|title=Charter|url=http://www.inpe.br/tec/rme/spaceops/Charter-U6.htm|website=www.inpe.br|accessdate=December 16, 2014}}</ref><ref name="history">{{cite web|last1=Linick|first1=Dave|last2=Kehr|first2=Joachim|title=A brief history of SpaceOps - the Early Years|url=http://www.opsjournal.org/assets/SecureDocumentLibrary/DocumentLibraryManager/documents/SpaceOps_history_final.asp|website=www.opsjournal.org|date=August 2015|publisher=SpaceOpsNews|access-date=25 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924061146/http://www.opsjournal.org/assets/SecureDocumentLibrary/DocumentLibraryManager/documents/SpaceOps_history_final.asp|archive-date=24 September 2015}}</ref>
Currently, thirteen space agencies are members of the organization.<ref>{{cite web|last=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics press release|title=World Space Congress 2002 Comes to Successful Close|url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=9617|website=www.spaceref.com|publisher=SpaceRef Interactive Inc|date=23 October 2002|accessdate=25 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SpaceOps Conference hosted by Canada|url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=14126 |website=www.spaceref.com|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Grosse Weltraumkonferenz in Stockholm|url=http://www.geomatiknyheter.se/2012/01/stor-rymdkonferens-i-stockholm|website=www.geomatiknyheter.se|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Space Agency of Brazil joins SpaceOps|url=http://www.inpe.br/tec/rme/spaceops/index.php|website=www.inpe.br|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=South African Space Agency bids for hosting SpaceOps2018 Conference|url=http://www.sansa.org.za/spaceoperations/resource-centre/news?start=5|website=www.sansa.org.za|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ESA hosts SpaceOps Conference at Heidelberg, Germany|url=http://www.esa.int/ger/ESA_in_your_country/Germany/SpaceOps_2008_Raumflugoperationen_in_den_Tiefen_des_Raums|website=www.esa.int|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SpaceOps Co-operation with JAXA|url=http://track.sfo.jaxa.jp/en/cooperation/index.html|website=track.sfo.jaxa.jp|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref> SpaceOps also has non-space agency members from academia<ref>{{cite web|title=Rutherford Appleton Laboratory joins SpaceOps Workshop|url=http://www.stfc.ac.uk/RALSpace/News+and+events/24041.aspx?pf=1&pf=1 |website=www.stfc.ac.uk|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref> and industry.<ref>{{cite web|title=Orbit Logic endorsed as partner by SpaceOps|url=http://www.orbitlogic.com/news/pr03112013_SpaceOps.php|website=www.orbitlogic.com|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref>
== Conferences == SpaceOps Organization has held fifteen biennial conferences hosted by various countries around the world.<ref name="history"/> These international fora have discussed operations principles, methods, cross-support <ref>{{cite web|title=SpaceOps Publications of CCSDS Interest|url=http://public.ccsds.org/implementations/ConferencePapers.aspx|website=public.ccsds.org|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref> and tools, management and technical interchange.
=== Future Conferences ===
* SpaceOps 2027 <ref>{{cite web|title=SpaceOps Conferences Website Site|url=https://www.spaceops.org/events/conferences/|accessdate=15 July 2025}}</ref> - Munich, Germany, hosted by: DLR & DLR GfR<ref>{{cite web|title=Future Conferences on Spaceops Web Site|url=https://www.spaceops.org/events/conferences/website=https://spaceops.org/|accessdate=14 September 2023}}</ref>
=== Most Recent Conferences === Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=Previous Conferences on Spaceops Web Site|url=https://spaceops.org/events/previous-conferences/website=https://spaceops.org/|accessdate=14 September 2022}}</ref> * Montreal, Canada, hosted by: Canadian Space Agency, 2025 * Dubai, United Arab Emirates, hosted by: MBRSC, 2023 * Capetown, South Africa, SANSA, 2021. It was held virtually and was shifted from the original 2020 date due to COVID-19. * Marseille, France, CNES, 2018 * Daejeon, South Korea, hosted by: KARI, 2016
==Publications== In 2004, the AIAA Space Operations and Support Technical Committee<ref>{{cite web|title=SOSTC|url=https://info.aiaa.org/tac/SMG/SOSTC/default.aspx|website=info.aiaa.org|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref> partnered with the SpaceOps Organization <ref>{{cite web|title=SpaceOps Organization home page|url=http://www.spaceops.org/|website=www.spaceops.org|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref> to publish the Journal of Space Operations & Communicator,<ref>{{cite web|title=Journal of Space Operations & Communicator|url=http://www.opsjournal.org/|website=www.opsjournal.org|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref> a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to spaceflight operations and ground support.
Since 2006 most of the conference hosts have decided to publish a post-conference book. These books contain around 30 of the best papers that have been handed in for the conference. The selected papers were all updated, corrected and in many cases extended by the authors following their nomination at the conference.<ref>{{cite web|title=Post-Conference Book Listing on Spaceops Web Site|url=https://spaceops.org/publications/spaceops-books/ |website=spaceops.org/|accessdate=14 September 2022}}</ref>
==Awards program== Through its awards program,<ref>{{cite web|title=Awards Program detailed definitions and conditions|url=http://www.spaceops.org/menu5/menu5.html|website=www.spaceops.org|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref> the SpaceOps Organization recognizes outstanding achievement by individuals and teams in the space operations field. The “International SpaceOps Exceptional Achievement Medal".<ref>{{cite web|title=Rover team and Gene Kranz received international award|url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/twan_5_7_10.html|website=www.nasa.gov|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref> award recognizes an individual who has distinguished himself or herself in the field of space operations and support.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.spaceops2025.org/ SpaceOps 2025 Website] * [http://www.spaceops.org/ SpaceOps Website] * {{LinkedIn page|company/spaceops}} * [http://www.opsjournal.org/ Journal of SpaceOperations & Commincator]
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