... and provide launch savings of several hundred million dollars. Communications satellites On-orbit assembly can also provide payoff for telecommunications in geostationary orbit (GEO). Consider the data distribution sector where the satellite is used...
... debris. For LEO, current guidance is that an asset should be safely de-orbited in a controlled fashion to burn up on re-entry. For satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO), the guidance is to place end-of-life hardware in a much higher ‘graveyard...
... other factors such as post-mission disposal. This has only been a consideration in geostationary orbit (GEO), where both the frequencies and the use of orbital positions are regulated by the ITU. But now, when radio regulators licence...