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FAA proposes rule to limit lifetime of upper stages in orbit (spacenews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There will have to be some cost trade-offs for the big GEO sats. What is the extra fuel worth to the satellite owner? Or expedited delivery to the target orbit? Is it worth the cost of sending a separate little deorbit tug up for the 2nd stage? Or a separate refuelling mission somewhere down the line?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Well one of the options was to park them in graveyard orbits which for geo stationary orbits is probably the most effective