UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space
The UN's register of space objects, kept since the early 1960s and, under the 1974 Registration Convention, filled by launching states with each object's designator, launch date and site, basic orbit and function. It depends on states reporting, so it lags and has gaps. [?]
builds on
- International Designator standard 1963 [src1][src2]
[?] Unconfirmed
- description: 'Lags and has gaps' rests on a 2007 General Assembly resolution recommending more data; reporting delays are not quantified here.
- start: Wikipedia dates the earlier UN registry to a resolution 1721 (XVI); the start year is approximate.