Member States conducting space launches have been requested by the Committee to provide the United Nations with information on their launchings. A registry of launchings has been maintained by the Secretariat since 1962, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1721 B (XVI), and information from Member States has been issued in United Nations documents in the A/AC.105/INF series. Since the Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space entered into force in 1976, another register of launchings has been established for information received from Member States and intergovernmental organizations that are parties to the Convention.
As of 1 January 2008, 51 States have ratified, 4 have signed and two international intergovernmental organizations (European Space Agency and European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) have declared their acceptance of the rights and obligations provided for in the Registration Convention. The information received in accordance with the Convention has been issued in United Nations documents in the ST/SG/SER.E series. The A/AC.105/INF series continues with information provided by States who are not party to the treaty.
The Registration Convention provides that the launching State should furnish to the United Nations, as soon as practicable, the following information concerning each space object:
Under these arrangements information has been received from Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Chile, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America as well as from the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT).
Online submissions under the Registration Convention and General Assembly resolution 1721B (XVI) have been indexed according to:
For notifications of the establishment on national registries by Parties to the Registration Convention, please click here.
An online searchable Index of objects launched into outer space is also available. The Online Index includes information received in accordance with the Registration Convention and General Assembly resolution 1721 B (XVI) as well as information on space objects that have not been registered with the United Nations.
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