May 2019
Active debris removal faces legal minefield
...measures to remove objects from low Earth orbit (LEO) and geostationary orbit (GEO) after the end of their missions... could apply to tacit consent in the context of these in-orbit operations. ESA is planning the world’s first ever active debris...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
... from space. Previous attempts to provide this service focused on larger, more powerful and more expensive satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO), but they faced the issue of longer signal delays because of the greater distance compared with LEO...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
... 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 a system...
