The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), with the generous support from the United Kingdom, launched a new initiative in December 2022, entitled: The Registration Project: Supporting Implementation of Treaty Obligations related to the Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space. The initial press release of 22 December 2022 can be found here.
Phase one of the Registration Project ran from January to October 2023, and focused on three main deliverables:
Based on the information provided by 46 Member States and one international intergovernmental organization, the anonymized stakeholder study is available as ST/SPACE/91 (in PDF format in English only).
Phase two of the Registration Project started in February 2025 and will run until September 2025. This will conclude the Registration Project. The three main deliverables under Phase two of the Registration project are:
The Second Meeting of National Focal Points on Registration will take place in person in Vienna over one and a half days, on 12 and 13 May 2025. This event will be held on the margins of the Legal Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space to take advantage of the presence of national focal points in Vienna and availing themselves of the opportunity to attend the Legal Subcommittee as part of their national delegations.
This event will be held in English only. The Provisional Agenda and Discussion Questions for the event are available here: Provisional Agenda of the Second Meeting of National Focal Points on Registration.
The Registration Project is well-positioned within UNOOSA's ongoing process to digitise and make fit for purpose the Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space, and forms part of the preparations for the 50 th anniversary of the Registration Convention entering into force in 2026, which will allow UNOOSA and the international community to build momentum around enhanced registration practices in the coming years.