Starting from 1994, the AP-MCSTA held seven Conferences in Thailand, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, Bahrain, Iran, China and Thailand successively. Through these conferences, cooperation and communication in the Asia- Pacific region have been expanded, mutual understanding and confidence enhanced and a sound cooperative relationship formed.

In July 2001, the AP-MCSTA Secretariat was established in Beijing according to the proposal of the Seventh Asia-Pacific Conference on Multilateral Cooperation in Space Technology and Applications. The mandate of the Secretariat was to facilitate programs of multilateral space cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region and promote the institutionalization of AP- MCSTA.

In November 2003, official delegations from nine Asia-Pacific countries attended the Meeting of the Drafting Group of the APSCO Convention in Beijing in which the text of the Convention was finalized.

In January 2004, the AP-MCSTA Secretariat sent copies of the Convention to those countries that had participated in the negotiations for their approval of signing and ratifying the Convention.