FCC Approves 5 Year Satellite Deorbiting Rule
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FCC Approves 5 Year Satellite Deorbiting Rule
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Re: FCC Approves 5 Year Satellite Deorbiting Rule
#2> The rule shortens the time required for satellite operators to deorbit LEO satellites to no more than 5 years after completing their mission, from 25 years.
De-orbiting faster means reserving more propellant for the final de-orbit burn. Since the lifespan of satellites is already generally determined by how much propellant they have, this new rule effectively reduces the lifespan of any satellite high enough to require a de-orbit burn.
Companies that use very low satellites are impacted less, since atmospheric drag does more of the work.
Re: FCC Approves 5 Year Satellite Deorbiting Rule
#3The previous "de-orbing 25 years after mission completion" sound a deliberately unenforceable rule.
Re: FCC Approves 5 Year Satellite Deorbiting Rule
#4I'd like to see a breakdown of deorbiting fuel requirements with 25 years vs 5 years vs, say, 30 days.
Re: FCC Approves 5 Year Satellite Deorbiting Rule
#5The previous "de-orbing 25 years after mission completion" sound a deliberately unenforceable rule.
I expect that's less about having to reserve fuel or have a specific plan for it, and more that to get approval, you have to be able to plausibly show a model where the device will deorbit on its own within 25 years of no maintenance burns.
Re: FCC Approves 5 Year Satellite Deorbiting Rule
#6> The rule shortens the time required for satellite operators to deorbit LEO satellites to no more than 5 years after completing their mission, from 25 years. De-orbiting faster means reserving more propellant for the final de-orbit burn. Since the lifespan of satellites is already generally determined by how much propellant they have, this new rule effectively reduces the lifespan of any satellite high enough to req…
If rules didn't cause inconvenience to someone, they wouldn't have to be written.
Re: FCC Approves 5 Year Satellite Deorbiting Rule
#7> The rule shortens the time required for satellite operators to deorbit LEO satellites to no more than 5 years after completing their mission, from 25 years. De-orbiting faster means reserving more propellant for the final de-orbit burn. Since the lifespan of satellites is already generally determined by how much propellant they have, this new rule effectively reduces the lifespan of any satellite high enough to req…
If rules didn't cause inconvenience to someone, they wouldn't have to be written.
I was thinking more along the line of the new rule giving another commercial advantage to SpaceX. Starlink will be effected, their satellites already deorbit faster than 5 years. But many other satellite operators will have to launch more frequently, and SpaceX is positioned to meet that growing demand.
Re: FCC Approves 5 Year Satellite Deorbiting Rule
#8I wanted to know if this affects "graveyard orbits". Seems like this applies only to satellites in LEO, while MEO/GEO are exempt.
> The Report and Order adopted today requires satellites ending their mission in or passing through the low-Earth orbit region (below 2,000 kilometers altitude) to deorbit as soon as practicable but no later than five years after mission completion.
Re: FCC Approves 5 Year Satellite Deorbiting Rule
#9> The rule shortens the time required for satellite operators to deorbit LEO satellites to no more than 5 years after completing their mission, from 25 years. De-orbiting faster means reserving more propellant for the final de-orbit burn. Since the lifespan of satellites is already generally determined by how much propellant they have, this new rule effectively reduces the lifespan of any satellite high enough to req…
I'm no rocket scientist, but could there be a service which knocks satellites out of orbit for people? I wonder how cost effective such a service could get. Could one mission knock 10 satellites out of orbit?
Re: FCC Approves 5 Year Satellite Deorbiting Rule
#10> The rule shortens the time required for satellite operators to deorbit LEO satellites to no more than 5 years after completing their mission, from 25 years. De-orbiting faster means reserving more propellant for the final de-orbit burn. Since the lifespan of satellites is already generally determined by how much propellant they have, this new rule effectively reduces the lifespan of any satellite high enough to req…
How does this FFC rule work in an international market?
I assume it applies for US companies with US based launches.
Does it apply to US satellite companies with ex-US launches?
Are US companies free to purchase service/bandwidth from ex-US launched satellites which are not compliant?