Dan,
There is a reasonably accurate discussion here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graveyard_orbit
Note toward the end the section on dealing with the disposal orbit slowly filling up. I have seen references to companies looking at the economics of pickup and disposal for dead satellites. No idea where that stands, however. There are a few from the earliest days of the Space Age which would be great to have in a museum.
73,
Alan WA4SCA
<-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel <Holmes via AMSAT-BB <Sent: Friday, January 24, 2020 1:51 PM <To: AMSAT BB [email protected] <Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] DirecTV races to decommission broken Boeing <satellite before it explodes < <Stupid question…why put them in a graveyard orbit where they are now <debris vs deorbiting satellites? Especially in this case where there’s a non-zero <chance it’ll explode and throw more debris in all directions. < <Dan <-- <Daniel Holmes, [email protected] <"Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin < < <> On Jan 24, 2020, at 10:58 AM, Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB <amsat- [email protected] wrote: <> <> The more common term used in this context is "graveyard orbit." Relocation <> to 300 km above the GEO altitude is what FCC regulations require at the end <> of life of any geostationary satellite. <> <> 73, <> <> Paul, N8HM <> <> On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 12:52 PM jim--- via AMSAT-BB <amsat- [email protected] <> wrote: <> <>> Zach Metzinger posted: <>>> Here's an interesting article from the newsfeed: <>>> <>> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/directv-races- <to-decommission-broken-boeing-satellite-before-it-explodes/ <>> <>> <>> Odd that they are calling a new orbit 300km above the geo arc as a <>> disposal orbit. That does not sound right to me - as the article pointed <>> out... <>> <>> 73 <>> ----- <>> Jim Walls - K6CCC <>> [email protected] <>> <>> <>> _______________________________________________ <>> Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum <available <>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. <Opinions <>> expressed <>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of <>> AMSAT-NA. <>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite <program! <>> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb <>> <> _______________________________________________ <> Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum <available <> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. <Opinions expressed <> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of <AMSAT-NA. <> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite <program! <> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb < <_______________________________________________ <Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available <to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions <expressed <are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT- <NA. <Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite <program! <Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb