The VMO was initiated by the International Meteor Organization (IMO) and is the result of discussions between various members in the meteor science community, united in the VMO Team. Support for this initiative has been granted by ISSI Bern (sponsoring team workshops) and ESA/RSSD (hosting data). Amongst those people who have contributed are:
- Rainer Arlt, International Meteor Organization (team lead)
- Geert Barentsen, International Meteor Organization (technical lead)
- Detlef Koschny, ESA/RSSD, The Netherlands
- Tadeusz Jopek, Observatory of UAM Poznan, Poland
- Jürgen Oberst, DLR, Germany
- Joachim Flohrer, DLR, Germany
- Robert Weryk, Univ. Western Ontario, Canada
- André Knöfel, International Meteor Organization
- Sirko Molau, International Meteor Organization
- Pavel Koten, Astr. Inst. Acad. Sci., Czech Republic
- Prakash Atreya, Armagh Observatory, UK
- Juraj Tóth, Comenius University, Slovak Republic
- Mariusz Wisniewski, Polish Fireball Network PKIM, Poland