Iyo IUCAF pfupiso ndeyekudzidza uye kuronga zvinodikanwa zveredhiyo frequency kugoverwa zvakatarwa nesainzi yambotaurwa uye kuita kuti izvi zvinodiwa zvizivikanwe kumasangano enyika nepasirese ane basa rekugoverwa kwefrequency. IUCAF ine chimiro chepamutemo sesangano risiri kuvhota paITU, International Telecommunication Union, iri kuGeneva, Switzerland; inhengo yeSector yeITU-R.
IUCAF inotora danho rakanangana nekuona kuti zvinokanganisa zvinoburitswa hazvikanganise nesainzi iri pamusoro (kana ichishanda mukati memabhendi akagoverwa) nemamwe masevhisi eredhiyo. IUCAF inonyanya kunetsekana nekufambiswa kweredhiyo kubva kundege, mota dzemuchadenga, uye masevhisi enharembozha.
IUCAF yakaumbwa seInter-Union komiti yeIAU, URSI uye COSPAR muna 1960, pakurudziro yekomiti diki yeURSI. Pakutanga yaizivikanwa seInter Union Committee yeKugoverwa kweFrequencies yeRadio Astronomy neSpace Science, chinangwa chayo chaive chekuchengetedza mabhendi ekutanga akadzivirirwa enyeredzi dzeredhiyo paWorld Administrative Radio Musangano kuGeneva.
Kuedza kweIUCAF kwakaunza pfungwa yekungoita (kuteerera-chete) masevhisi eredhiyo mutsika yesainzi yeredhiyo uye mutemo wenhepfenyuro wakatarisana nekutepfenyura, zvichizoguma nekugadzirwa kweseti yemabhendi ezviratidziro zvakatsaurirwa kushandiswa chete nemasevhisi eredhiyo anongoita - radio astronomy, passive remote sensing uye kugamuchirwa kwemasaini kubva kumaprobe munzvimbo yakadzika. Muzuva ranhasi mabhendi ekupfuura akakosha kuyera mamiriro ekunze uye kufanotaura kwemamiriro ekunze nemasainzi anoona kure.
Tichifunga kuti pakutsvagisa muredhiyo nyeredzi uye sainzi yechadenga zvakakosha kuve nekushandiswa kweakakwana mabhendi akadzivirirwa zvakakwana kubva mukukanganiswa nekuongorora kwesainzi, ISC's. sangano rakatangira ICSU yakagadzwa, pasi peURSI seParent Union, Inter-Union Commission pakati peURSI neIAU yakabatana neCOSPAR.
ISC ndiyo inoona nezvekuongorora IUCAF, ichitsanangura mazwi ekuongorora, kugadza nhengo dzedare rekuongorora, mari nevakuru vesainzi.