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Treaty / accord · 1975 convention

The Registration Convention

A 1975 convention, in force from 1976, requiring states to register the objects they launch into space with the United Nations, so that space objects can be identified — the basis of the UN register of space objects that UNOOSA maintains.

Across space policy

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  • NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

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