Space Industry Act 2018

61 Register of launches

(1) The Secretary of State must maintain a register of launches that have taken place from spaceports in the United Kingdom.

(2) Subsection (1) applies only to launches resulting, or intended to result, in—

(a) a craft or object going beyond the stratosphere, or

(b) a balloon reaching the stratosphere carrying crew or passengers.

(3) In relation to each launch, the register must include as much of the following information as the Secretary of State considers appropriate to include (and may include any other information that he or she thinks is appropriate to include)—

(a) the date of the launch;

(b) the spaceport from which the launch took place;

(c) the nature of each spacecraft or carrier aircraft launched;

(d) the purpose of the launch.

(4) The Secretary of State must ensure that the public can view the information in the register free of charge.

(5) The obligations of the Secretary of State under this section and under section 7 of the Outer Space Act 1986 (register of space objects) may be discharged by maintaining a single register of launches and space objects.