Latvia’s space program is civilian in nature and focuses on space sector development as well as international cooperation, particularly with the European Space Agency (ESA).

The Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Latvia coordinates Latvia's activities in outer space and supervises the implementation of Latvia's space strategy. The Ministry of Economics is co-responsible for the space policy development and implementation, represents Latvia in ESA, the EU Space Programme’s committees and UN COPUOS, and is a co-signatory of Latvia’s space strategy. Other ministries are also represented in the Latvian Space Policy Working Group, which holds regular meetings. The Latvian Space Office is an entity in charge of a coordinated space policy development, administration of Latvia’s associate membership in the European Space Agency and provision of support to the Latvian space industry and academia. It welcomes requests for information and support available to the national space sector stakeholders as well as queries on international cooperation with the Latvian space industry, academia and policy makers. In collaboration, the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Economics jointly developed the Space Strategy of Latvia 2021–2027, which outlines the country’s long-term goals for the space sector. Latvia has also collaborated with the Center for Space Governance to potentially create its own space law.

Latvia also became a member of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) in 2024 and a party to the Outer Space Treaty in 2025. Latvian institutions actively engage in international collaboration in space security through various projects with the European Defence Agency, the European Defence Fund (EDF) and NATO Science and Technology Organization (STO). Latvia also signed Memorandums of Understanding in the space domain with Italy (2023) and Ukraine (2025); and is part of the Baltic Round Table.

As a member State to the European Union, Latvia adheres to the EU space framework including key positions such as the Space Strategy for Europe and the European Union Space Strategy for Security and Defence, and the political commitment not to conduct destructive, direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) missile testing.