International Astronautical Federation

Packet identity

Packet ID

organizations:entity-international-astronautical-federation

Packet SHA-256 identity

3c29f3723bb62278292903299ab2037e8e64a8bf10fe5598121a83912c06a2b1

Corpus SHA-256 identity

8fa944604ca189f5a9216ca59f640ad2ca20972ad512f2f4970764716782e18d

Release ID

public-alpha-2026-07-26-research-visuals-r14

Source commit

3eb036fce3d711336c8c605625895e8a2e799ab0

Frozen corpus date

2026-07-25

Primary records

1

Reference sources

1

Questions and exclusions

Required questions

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   Does the official source establish the entity, current program, and bounded capability described?
2. Required question 2 (exact ID: question-2)
   Are potential fit, risks, access, geography, and engagement boundaries current and proportionate?
3. Required question 3 (exact ID: question-3)
   Could any wording imply partnership, endorsement, availability, procurement, authority, or affiliation that does not exist?

Explicit exclusions

• Indexing is not endorsement, due diligence completion, outreach, procurement, or a relationship.
• No aggregate organization score or sponsor-purchased ranking is permitted.

Requested controlled scopes: ecosystem-due-diligence, information-science

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1. ecosystem-organization · entity-international-astronautical-federation

   International Astronautical Federation

   Record fingerprint

   89426ea197c0def2bbb580801c616e98bca25ae4165878c77763b02984ebe10a

   Minimum approvals

   1

   Required scope groups

   bounded-competence: ecosystem-due-diligence

   High-consequence domains

   None under the named two-person rule

   Review state

   pending

   Published human decisions

   0

   Inspect the complete frozen review surface

   ID

   entity-international-astronautical-federation

   Legacy ID

   org-interste-007

   Slug

   international-astronautical-federation

   Name

   International Astronautical Federation

   URL

   https://www.iafastro.org/↗ (opens external site in a new tab)

   Category

   Interstellar and settlement community

   Geography

   International

   Relevance

   direct

   Engagement

   Proposed only, subject to a future fit check and then-current access rules: consider submitting a bounded paper to a future congress through its normal call or exploring membership only after confirming category, cost, and governance fit. No outreach, eligibility determination, commitment, or procurement has occurred.

   Capability

   International space convening, congress programming, technical committees, member networking, and policy dialogue.

   Entity Kind

   international nongovernmental membership federation

   Link Checked At

   2026-07-25

   Relationship

   indexed only; no formal relationship

   Engagement Status

   proposed; not undertaken

   Profile Summary

   The International Astronautical Federation is a global federation of space agencies, companies, universities, societies, and other organizations that convenes the International Astronautical Congress and operates technical and administrative committees.

   Potential Fit

   Could provide a broad venue for publishing, cross-sector feedback, and ecosystem mapping, but organizational membership or committee participation cannot be assumed.

   Risks

   1. Congress acceptance and committee appointments are competitive and rule-bound.
   2. The federation’s breadth includes defense, commercial, and national interests that may conflict with GShips boundaries.
   3. High visibility can be mistaken for endorsement; sponsorship or membership must never affect editorial ranking.

   Evidence Boundary

   Official-link review: the official site and committee-governance pages were reachable and describe committee participation and member-representation rules. Public descriptions, performance, maturity, access, procurement, and current availability were not independently verified; independent review pending.

   Conflicts

   Conflicts were not assessed beyond publisher disclosure in this official-link review; financial, contracting, leadership, and institutional conflicts were not independently investigated.

   What Would Change

   An accepted peer-reviewed paper, relevant committee work item, transparent conflict rules, and affordable access would change engagement priority.

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• Bundle finalizer
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• Review-domain policy module
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