United NationsOffice for Outer Space Affairs

Scientific and Technical Subcommittee: 2026

Sixty-third session (2-13 February 2026)

Webcast

Session Documents

Statements 

Meeting Guidelines

• Audio-video requirements for pre-recorded statements
• List of recommended microphones

Daily Journals

Technical Presentations

Digital Recordings

Indicative Schedule of Work

• Unofficial estimated distribution of agenda items

Schedule of Informal Consultations of STSC Working Groups

Schedule of other meetings

Schedule of informal consultations

BRIEFING ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING 2026 COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE (COPUOS) CYCLE

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, in its capacity as the secretariat of COPUOS and its subcommittees, held a briefing on preparations for the upcoming 2026 COPUOS cycle. The Briefing took place on Thursday, 6 November 2025, 13:30 -15:30 CET (1.30 - 3.30 p.m. Vienna time), in room CR-7 of the Vienna International Centre and on MS Teams. You may access the briefing presentations:

• Orientation on the work of COPUOS and its subcommittees
• Updates on the outcomes of the consideration of the agenda item on international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space by the Fourth Committee of the General Assembly 
• Organization of technical presentations at the sixty-third session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee
• Updates on the midterm review of the implementation of the "Space2030" Agenda
• Demonstration of the Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities Information Repository

BRIEFING ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE SIXTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE (STSC)

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs will hold a further briefing dedicated to the sixty-third STSC session.

The Briefing is scheduled for Thursday, 15 January 2026, 14:00-15:00 CET (2.00 - 3.00 p.m. Vienna time), in room CR-7 of the Vienna International Centre and on MS Teams. 

Session Documents  

Annotated Provisional Agenda (including indicative schedule of work) (A/AC.105/C.1/L.426)

A/AC.105/C.1/L.426

Final Report of the COPUOS 68th session (A/80/20)

A/80/20

Final Report of the 62nd session (A/AC.105/1338)

A/AC.105/1338

Series: A/AC.105/

A/AC.105/

Series: A/AC.105/C.1/

A/AC.105/C.1/.