General treaties on space say "no weapons" there is literally not a regulatory body that covers space, it does not exist. NASA does not need to get permission from anyone but the FAA so that they don't accidentally send a rocket into a plane. I'm almost certain they tell other countries they're sending something up so that nobody thinks we're launching nukes at them, but there's no need to seek permission because there's literally no one to get permission from.
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General treaties on space say "no weapons" there is literally not a regulatory body that covers space, it does not exist. NASA does not need to get permission from anyone but the FAA so that they don't accidentally send a rocket into a plane. I'm almost certain they tell other countries they're sending something up so that nobody thinks we're launching nukes at them, but there's no need to seek permission because there's literally no one to get permission from.