Registration Convention

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Registration Convention

Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space
ratified   signed, but not yet ratified
Signed	12 November 1974
Location	New York City, New York, United States
Effective	15 September 1976
Condition	5 ratifications
Signatories	3
Parties	72
Depositary	Secretary-General of the United Nations
Languages	Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish

The Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space (commonly known as the Registration Convention) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1974^[1][2] and went into force in 1976. As of February 2022, it has been ratified by 72 states.^[3]

The convention requires states to furnish to the United Nations with details about the orbit of each space object. A registry of launchings was already being maintained by the United Nations as a result of a General Assembly Resolution in 1962.^[4][5]

The Registration Convention and four other space law treaties are administered by the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.^{[inconsistent]}

The European Space Agency, European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization, and the Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications have submitted declarations of acceptance of rights and obligations according to the convention.^[6]