Commentary on provisions of the Act Miscellaneous Section 61: Register of launches
Subsection (1) requires the Secretary of State to maintain a public register of launches from a UK spaceport which meet the criteria set out in subsection (2). Subsection (3) sets out the information that may be included in the register.
	Subsection (5) allows the Secretary of State to maintain a single register of launches and space objects to satisfy the registration duty duties under subsection (1) of this section and section 7 of OSA. There is an obligation under article 2 of the UN Registration Convention8 to maintain a register of space objects.