# 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, Article 2: Definitions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purpose of this Decision, the following definitions apply:
(1) ‘Space object’ means any man-made object in outer space;
(2) ‘Spacecraft’ means any space object serving a specific purpose, including active artificial satellites and launcher upper stages;
(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;
(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;
(5) ‘SST data’ means physical parameters of space objects acquired by SST sensors or orbital parameters of space objects derived from SST sensors' observations;
(6) ‘SST information’ means processed SST data which is readily meaningful to the recipient.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2014/541/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-541/article-2
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