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Security in Space The Next Generation - UNIDIR

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that survives to reach the surface of the Earth does not pose an undue risk<br />

to people or property, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g through environmental pollution caused<br />

by hazardous substances.<br />

Guidel<strong>in</strong>e 7: Limit the long-term <strong>in</strong>terference of spacecraft and launch<br />

vehicle orbital stages with the geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) region<br />

after the end of their mission<br />

<strong>Space</strong>craft and launch vehicle orbital stages that have term<strong>in</strong>ated their<br />

operational phases <strong>in</strong> orbits that pass through the GEO region should be<br />

left <strong>in</strong> orbits that avoid their long-term <strong>in</strong>terference with the GEO region.<br />

For space objects <strong>in</strong> or near the GEO region, the potential for future<br />

collisions can be reduced by leav<strong>in</strong>g objects at the end of their mission <strong>in</strong><br />

an orbit above the GEO region such that they will not <strong>in</strong>terfere with, or<br />

return to, the GEO region.<br />

UPDATES<br />

Research by Member States and <strong>in</strong>ternational organizations <strong>in</strong> the area<br />

of space debris should cont<strong>in</strong>ue <strong>in</strong> a spirit of <strong>in</strong>ternational cooperation to<br />

maximize the benefi ts of space debris mitigation <strong>in</strong>itiatives. This document<br />

will be reviewed and may be revised, as warranted, <strong>in</strong> the light of new<br />

fi nd<strong>in</strong>gs.<br />

REFERENCE<br />

<strong>The</strong> reference version of the IADC space debris mitigation guidel<strong>in</strong>es at<br />

the time of the publication of this document is conta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the annex to<br />

document A/AC.105/C.1/L.260.<br />

For more <strong>in</strong>-depth descriptions and recommendations perta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g to space<br />

debris mitigation measures, Member States and <strong>in</strong>ternational organizations<br />

may refer to the latest version of the IADC space debris mitigation guidel<strong>in</strong>es<br />

and other support<strong>in</strong>g documents, which can be found on the IADC website<br />

(www.iadc-onl<strong>in</strong>e.org).

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