Space Safety Regulations and Standards

Chapter 10 Commercial systems due diligence in the application of standards and procedures designed to avoid the creation of orbital debris in GEO

Dean Hope

Inmarsat Flight Dynamics

Chapter Outline

• Introduction…………………………………123

• Origins of GEO Coordination…………………………………124

• PRE-Launch Coordination Activities…………………………………125

• LEOP and on-Station Coordination…………………………………126

• End-of-Life Decommissioning…………………………………130

• Conclusions…………………………………131

• References…………………………………131

Introduction

Geostationary communications operate by relaying radio signals sent from the surface of the Earth to a satellite seemingly fixed above one meridian of longitude, and then re-transmitting these signals to users on the ground that are either ...