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Recommend deleting the entry for Jersey

Jersey is a not a Launching State, it is not party to either the Outer Space Treaty nor the Registration Convention. Reference: http://unoosa.org/pdf/limited/c2/AC105_C2_2013_CRP05E.pdf

The UK is actually the Launching State that has registered the O3B satellites with the United Nations. Reference: http://unoosa.org/pdf/reports/regdocs/ser686E.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by Weedenbc (talk • contribs) 17:44, 18 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The satellites were registered by the UK since Jersey isn't part of the UN, but Jersey is not part of the UK and is the owner of the satellites, so it should continue to be listed. --W. D. Graham 20:31, 18 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I guess this is one of those questions that revolves around what a "county" or State is. Jersey may have a mostly separate legal identity from the UK, but is it a country on its own (which the title of this page refers to). Wikipedia's List of sovereign states has Jersey as a crown dependency. Furthermore, the UK has ultimate responsiblity for these satellites. They are parties to the Outer Space Treaty, Liability Convention, and Registration Convention. If one of the O3B satellites crashes into something else, the UK is the liable party. I'm not sure what the argument is for listing Jersey as a "country" here except for national pride. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Weedenbc (talk • contribs) 14:03, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Table width and height

I removed several nowrap tags and added  characters to some places in order to reduce table width and height so as to accommodate the table for low-resolution monitors and displays of small devices (mobile phones, tablets). -Mardus (talk) 06:45, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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New Peruvian Satelite

I recommend adding the Peruvian satellite PeruSat-1 which was launched in 2016 and is the most important for the country. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/PeruSat-1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.67.168.91 (talk) 14:02, 19 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of Uhuru (1970) as Kenya's first satellite.

Hi.

From Uhuru (satellite)-article as well as Space programme of Kenya-article and 1KUNS-PF-article, it is clear that that 1KUNS-PF was the first Kenyan satellite.

Although Uhuru was launched from a space port on Kenyan soil, it was not built, owned, commissioned, or used by Kenya, and should therefor not be listed as Kenya's first satellite.

I suggest the entry for Uhuru be removed so that: 1) Kenya is not listed with two 1st satellites (1KUNS-PF is also in the list) 2) Kenya's correctly accredited for their real first satellite 1KUNS-PF

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arnobarnard (talk • contribs) 12:46, 8 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Soviet Union?

I cannot help but wonder what the point is of noting that a nation which has a satellite in orbit was once part of the Soviet Union. Many nations I have seen with this in the "remarks" section put their satellites into space well after breaking away with the Soviet Union. It honestly comes across as a reductive means of labeling these countries as only ever being capable of such a thing due to the fact that they were once in the Soviet Union, but we all know that is not true.

Please just think about removing that, because it is extremely frustrating. People in these nations want so much to get away from that moment in history, yet it's being branded in their post-Soviet successes on Wikipedia. That's just wrong. Digitalcomplex (talk) 01:51, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]