Amateur Satellite Interests Urge Later Date for Maneuverability Requirement
FCC-proposed orbital debris rules on April 23's agenda (see 2004010063) would require amateur satellite operators to personally indemnify the federal government for the satellite's operators, and satellite owners should be the ones indemnifying, Radio Amateur Satellite representatives told International Bureau…
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staff, per a docket 18-313 posting Friday. It said finding an individual amateur radio licensee willing to bear that risk personally "would be difficult to impossible." It urged implementation later than April 2022 of the requirement satellites in orbit above 400 kilometers be designed with collision avoidance maneuvering capabilities, since amateur satellite designs are done often by volunteers and can take years. The firm proposed April 2025.