{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-541/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2014/541",
  "legislation_title": "Decision No 541/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing a Framework for Space Surveillance and Tracking Support",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-541",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purpose of this Decision, the following definitions apply:\n(1) ‘Space object’ means any man-made object in outer space;\n(2) ‘Spacecraft’ means any space object serving a specific purpose, including active artificial satellites and launcher upper stages;\n(3) ‘Space debris’ means any space object including spacecraft or fragments and elements thereof in Earth's orbit or re-entering Earth's atmosphere, that are non-functional or no longer serve any specific purpose, including parts of rockets or artificial satellites, or inactive artificial satellites;\n(4) ‘SST sensor’ means a device or a combination of devices, such as ground-based or space-based radars and telescopes, that is able to measure physical parameters related to space objects, such as size, location and speed;\n(5) ‘SST data’ means physical parameters of space objects acquired by SST sensors or orbital parameters of space objects derived from SST sensors' observations;\n(6) ‘SST information’ means processed SST data which is readily meaningful to the recipient.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2014/541/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:14:39.710185+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}