EU Space Registry
Not an existing register: the EU Space Act proposal (COM(2025) 335) would create a Union Register of Space Objects (URSO); space objects are registered today by launching States under the UN Registration Convention.
There is no EU register of space objects in force. Under the Registration Convention (1975), the launching State registers a space object launched into Earth orbit or beyond in its national registry (Art. II) and furnishes the UN Secretary-General with the name of the launching State(s), the designator or registration number, the date and territory or location of launch, the basic orbital parameters and the general function (Art. IV); the Secretary-General keeps the UN Register (Art. III).
Union Register of Space Objects (URSO) — proposal Under the EU Space Act proposal (COM(2025) 335, not in force), the Agency (EUSPA) would set up URSO for the registration of (Art. 24(1)):
- Union space operators authorised by the Member States and notified to the Agency (Art. 7(7))
- Operators of Union-owned assets authorised by the Commission
- Third-country space operators registered by Commission decision (Art. 17)
- International organisations (Art. 18)
The Agency would publish consolidated lists of these providers on the URSO website (Art. 24(2)) and issue e-certificates on registration (Art. 25). Primary providers of space-based data could provide data in the Union only where it was generated by space objects registered in URSO (Art. 27).