Space activities will be on the agenda at a joint conference between New Zealand, the US, the UK, Canada and Australia being hosted in Wellington over the next two days.
Delegates at the annual meeting of the Combined Space Operations Principals (CSpO) will discuss "involvement and activities in space", the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) said in a media statement.
It comes after allied nations last year signed in Ottawa, Canada, the CSpO Initiative memorandum of understanding, which aimed to give what the US Department of defence described as an "understanding of the current and future space environment, an awareness of space capability to support global operations and military-to-military relationships to address challenges and ensure the peaceful use of space".
Focus areas for the combined space operations included space situational awareness, force support, launch and re-entry assessment and contingency operations.
Vice-Chief of the NZDF, Air Vice-Marshal Kevin Short, said taking part in the initiative would benefit the NZDF by "giving more effective and efficient access to information about space-based systems that support operations and tasks in our area of interest".
