Netherlands Space Office

The Netherlands Space Office (NSO) is the governmental Space Agency of the Netherlands. Its primary task is to develop and execute the national space policy. Therefore NSO supports and stimulates space companies and institutions in the Netherlands to start new collaborations with international partners. The agency is the main point of contact for national and international space affairs and reports directly to a steering committee consisting of representatives of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).