Law-ref.org Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies
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ARTICLE-1     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. For the purposes of this Agreement reference to the moon shall include orbits around or other trajectories to or around it. ...


ARTICLE-3     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. States Parties shall not place in orbit around or other trajectory to or around the moon objects carrying nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction or place or use such weapons on or in the moon. ...


ARTICLE-5     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. If a State Party becomes aware that another State Party plans to operate simultaneously in the same area of or in the same orbit around or trajectory to or around the moon, it shall promptly inform the other State of the timing of and plans for its own operations. ...