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Disposal orbits for GEO spacecraft: A method for evaluating the orbit height distributions resulting from implementing IADC guidelines

This research assists International Standards Organisation Technical Committee 20, Sub-Committee 14 (contact John Davey, j.r.davey@btopenworld.com), which drafts standards for space debris mitigation. (Dr Hobbs was project lead for ISO 22108, made significant inputs to ISO 23339 (fuel measurement), and contributed to four other standards) The research and standards preparation inform each other and develop in tandem. The paper’s contribution is to make explicit uncertainties in disposal orbit prediction due to fuel measurement uncertainties. The research is needed to quantify, and thus inform the management of, collision risks due to space debris in the geosynchronous region. Contact J Davey, as above.