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By the end of the year, eight other countries had signed on to the accords and Brazil issued a statement of intent to sign.4 The standup of the U. [...] The United States the Martian rover, are led by the China space missions, such as space launch has catalogued at least two new objects National Space Administration (CNSA), and the acquisition and operation of in orbit that were likely deployed by the which falls within the purview of the 17 satellites, remain within the Strategic space plane. [...] A subsection of the RAF is the Russian Space Force, which was created in 1992 as the world’s first space force and is responsible for the monitoring of all space-based assets, mili- tary launches, and potential threats to space systems.31 Roscosmos is a longtime partner of NASA, and the two agencies, together with Japan, Canada, and Europe, serve as the principal partners on the ISS. [...] The Iranian Space Agency, under the oversight of the Ministry of Information and Com- munication Technology and the direction of the Supreme Space Council, is the civilian entity responsible for policy, research and development, and cooperation for peaceful civilian space issues.71 Iran’s military space pro- gram is headed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force.72 The IRGC. [...] The squadron is slated to be fully upgrade space capabilities, including the operational by 2023, with plans to launch launch of the first locally built rocket that the first satellite for monitoring the space will carry satellites and orbiter probes to environment by 2026.155 The Space Oper- the Moon, with aims for a more powerful ations Squadron was established in 2020 rocket by 2029.