June 2022
Patent protection for space manufacturing
... retains jurisdiction and control over the space object while it is in space. The 1975 Registration Convention [Article I(a)] concerning the registration of objects launched into outer space defines a “launching State” as “a State which launches...
30 October 2019
Questions surround US top-secret spaceplane mission
...latest mission. This has made some heads turn, as the US has not reported those deployments in its UN Registration Convention submissions, writes Harvard-Smithsonian astronomer Johnathan McDowell, via Twitter. If correct, this would be the first time...
July 2014
The peaceful use of space
... purposes. It was followed by four more treaties: the ‘Rescue Agreement’ (1968); the ‘Liability Convention’ (1972); the ‘Registration Convention’ (1975); and the ‘Moon Agreement’ (1979). The treaties are supplemented by five sets of principles...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
... and minimising orbital debris. Many of these commitments directly implement existing provisions of the OST, the Registration Convention and other international space law, such as ensuring that Artemis cooperation is only for peaceful purposes...
October 2025
Europe’s unified vision for space governance and growth
...is leading efforts to implement its 21 Long-Term Sustainability Guidelines [see box] and improve compliance with the UN Registration Convention, which currently accounts for just 88.5 percent of space objects launched. A new expert group under COPUOS...
