The Netherlands Space Office (NSO) is the space agency of the

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Creation

Three Dutch government

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— the

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; the

Ministry of Education, Culture and Science The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science ( nl, Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen; OCW) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for education, culture, science, research, gender equality and communications. The Ministry was cre ...

; and the

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— along with the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), an independent administrative body under the auspices of the Dutch-government Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, signed an agreement in October 2008 for the establishment of the NSO. It was established as of 1 July 2009 following the merger of the space activities of the

Netherlands Agency for Aerospace Programmes The Netherlands Agency for Aerospace Programmes (in Dutch language, ''Nederlands Instituut voor Vliegtuigontwikkeling en Ruimtevaart'' ''(NIVR)'') was the official space exploration agency of the Dutch government until 2009. Since 1 July 2009, ...

(in

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, ''Nederlands Instituut voor Vliegtuigontwikkeling en Ruimtevaart'' (''NIVR'')), which was then disestablished, and several other institutes ( KNMI, SRON).

Purpose

NSO was established by the Dutch government to advise on the Netherlands Space Policy and to develop and administer the country's space programme. NSO represents The Netherlands to international space organisations, including the multi-country-member

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(ESA); the United States

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(NASA) and the

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency The is the Japanese national air and space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and launch of satellites into orb ...

(JAXA). NSO is also the central government point of contact for the space community in the Netherlands. The NSO also promotes education and communication on space, especially the Netherlands space activities.

Administration

The director of NSO reports to the

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of the ministries. In terms of organisation and administration, the NSO resorts under RVO, an agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy.

External links

spaceoffice.nl, Netherlands Space Office (NSO)
official website (website in

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Creation

Purpose

Administration

See also

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