Space Law Treaties in the United States
U.S. BILATERAL TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS
ARGENTINA-U.S.
- Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and
Argentina concerning the fight of the SAC-A Mission on the (NASA
space) shuttle, October 16, 1997
AUSTRALIA-U.S.
- Agreement providing for the continuation of a cooperative program
facilitating space flight operations, May 29, 1980; with amendments
of July 21, 1981 and January 17, 1990; May 2, 1990
BRAZIL-U.S.
- Agreement for use of the Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite in the Brazilian national plan for data collection platforms
between the government of the United States of America and the
government of the Federative Republic of Brazil, June 14, 1982 - Memorandum of Understanding between the government of the
United States of America and the government of the Federative
Republic of Brazil concerning cooperation in aerospace experiments
employing sounding rockets, January 31, 1983 - Implementing arrangement between the United States and Brazil
for the design, development, operation, and use of flight equipment
and payloads for the International Space Station Program, October 14, 1997 - Multilateral agreement between Brazil and the United States on
technology safeguards associated with U.S. participation in
launches from the Alcantara Spaceport, April 18, 2000
CANADA-U.S.
- Agreement relating to a cooperative program concerning the
development and procurement of a space shuttle attached remote
manipulator system, June 23, 1976; with Memorandum of
Understanding, July 18, 1975 - Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Ministry of State
for Science and Technology for a cooperative program concerning
detailed definition and preliminary design (Phase B) of a
permanently manned space station, April 16, 1985 - Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and
Canada concerning cooperation in the light of the Canadian
measurements of pollution in the troposphere (MOPITT)
instrument on the NASA Polar Orbiting Platform and related
support for an international earth observing system, with
appendix, November 15, 1994 - Agreement between the United States and Canada concerning the
training of mission specialists for space shuttle flights, with
implementing agreement, May 17, 1996 - Memorandum of Understanding between the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration of the United States of America and the
Canadian Space Agency concerning cooperation on the Civil International Space Station
CHINA-U.S.
- Agreement between the United States and China on liability for
satellite launches, December 17, 1988 - Agreement between the United States and China regarding
international trade in commercial launch services, with annex,
January 26, 1989 - Memorandum of Agreement between the United States and China
on satellite technology safeguards, February 11, 1993 - Memorandum of Agreement between the government of the United
States of America and the government of the People’s Republic of
China regarding international trade in commercial launch
services, March 13, 1995 - People’s Republic of China—China’s space activities (white paper)
Beijing, November, 2000
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY-U.S.
- Memorandum of Understanding between the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration and the European Space Agency for the
conduct of parallel detailed definition and preliminary design
studies (Phase B) leading toward further cooperation in the
development, operation, and utilization of a permanently manned
space station, June 3, 1985 - Agreement between the U.S and the European Space Agency
concerning space shuttle flight activities in the launch and
retrieval of the European retrieval carrier spacecraft, Oct. 3, 1991 - Agreement between the French Government and the European
Space Agency concerning the Guiana Space Centre, November 29, 1993 - Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and the
European Space Agency enabling early utilization opportunities of
the International Space Station, March 18, 1997
GERMANY-U.S.
- Memorandum of Understanding between the United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Federal
Minister for Research and Technology of the Federal Republic of
Germany on the Roentgensatellit Project, August 8, 1982 - Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and
Germany for participation in the German geoscience challenging
mini-satellite payload for geoscientic research and applications
(CHAMP) program, July 31, 1997
HUNGARY-U.S.
- Agreement between the government of the United States of
America and the government of the Republic of Hungary on
cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful
purposes, May 14, 2001
ITALY-U.S.
- Agreement between the government of Italy and the government of
the United States of America concerning the launching of NASA
satellites from San Marco Range Agreement
JAPAN-U.S.
- Memorandum of Understanding between the National Space
Development Agency of Japan and the United States Department
of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
August 11, 1983 - Memorandum of Understanding between the United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Science
and Technology Agency of Japan for the cooperative program
concerning detailed definition and preliminary design activities of
a permanently manned space station, May 9, 1985 - Agreement between the United States and Japan concerning
collaboration in the Space Flyer Unit (SFU) Program, February 4,
1994; Memorandum of Understanding between the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States of
America and the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of
the Monbusho of Japan concerning activities related to the Space
Flyer Unit Program, February 7, 1994 - Agreement between the United States and Japan for cooperation in
the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS) program,
October 25, 1994; with amendment of June 10, 1996 - Agreement between the United States and Japan concerning cross-waiver
of liability for cooperation in the exploration and use of
space for peaceful purposes, with annex and exchanges of notes, April 24, 1995 - Agreement between the United States and Japan concerning
cooperation on the Mars Exploration PLANET-B program, with
Memorandum of Understanding, June 29, 1998 - Memorandum of Understanding between the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration of the United States of America (NASA)
and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency for the X-Ray
Astronomy Satellite (ASTRO-EII) project, June 23, 2005 - Memorandum of Understanding between the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration of the United States of America (NASA)
and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency for cooperation on
the formulation activity of the Global Precipitation Measurement
program, June 27, 2005 - Memorandum of Understanding between the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration of the United States of America (NASA)
and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency concerning activities
related to the Solar Physics Satellite (SOLAR B) project, June 21, 2005
MEXICO-U.S.
- Agreement between the United States and Mexico concerning the
transmission and reception of signals from satellites for the
provision of satellite services to users in the United States and
Mexico, April 28, 1996; with protocol and exchange of letters, November 8, 1996
MONGOLIA-U.S.
- Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and
Mongolia on cooperation in the collection of the 1 kilometer
advanced very high resolution radiometer image data, March 9, 1993
NORWAY-U.S.
- Agreement between the United States of American and the
Kingdom of Norway for cooperation in the civil uses of outer space
RUSSIA-U.S.
- Agreement between the United States and Russia concerning
cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful
purposes, with annex, June 17, 1992; with amendment of August 9, 2002 - Implementing Agreement between the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration of the United States of America and the
Russian Federation on Human Space Flight Co-operation, October
5, 1992; with protocol of December 16, 1993 - Interim Agreement between the United States and Russia for the
conduct of activities leading to Russian partnership in the detailed
design, development, operation and utilization of the permanently
manned civil space station, June 23, 1994 - Agreement between the United States and Russia regarding
international trade in commercial space launches services,
September 2, 1993; with amendment of January 30, 1996 - Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and
Russia on cooperation relating to the Space Biomedical Center for
training and research in the Russian Federation, with annex, June 30, 1995 - Protocol between the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) of the United States of America and the
Russian Space Agency (RSA) including terms, conditions and
assumptions, summary balance of contributions and obligations to
the International Space Station (ISS) and resulting rights of
NASA and RSA to ISS utilization accommodations and resources,
and flight opportunities
SEYCHELLES-U.S.
- Agreement between the United States and Seychelles relating to
the establishment, operating and maintenance of a tracking and
telemetry facility on the island of Mahe, June 29, 1976; with
amendments of June 29, 1981; June 15, 1990
SPAIN-U.S.
- Agreement between the U.S. and Spain regarding tracking stations,
January 29, 1964; with Interpreting Agreement of October 11,
1965; and with amendment of May 2, 1983
UKRAINE-U.S.
- Agreement between the United States and Ukraine regarding
international trade in commercial space launch services, with
protocol, annex and exchange of letters, February 21, 1996 - Agreement on technology safeguards associated with Ukrainian
launch vehicles, missile equipment and technical data for the “Sea
Launch” program, September 29, 1999
UNITED KINGDOM-U.S.
- Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and the
United Kingdom relating to a satellite-aided maritime distress
alert system, July 23, 1981
USSR-U.S.
- Agreement between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. concerning
cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful
purposes, April 15, 1987; with exchange of notes, May 31, 1988 - Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of the
Soviet Socialist Republics on the limitation of anti-ballistic missile
system, signed May 26, 1972, proclaimed on October 3, 1972
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