From: andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk   
      
   On 2005-02-22, Peter Fairbrother  wrote:   
   >   
   > There is a doctrine that sats should be environmentally disposed of from GEO   
   > at the end of their lives. I wonder if someone might now get a contract to   
   > collect them at some point near (or in) GEO, which would be easier on their   
   > remaining fuel than the alternative burn, and just store them until their   
   > value as mass (or as scrap) was optimum?   
      
   I believe that whilst deorbiting is popular as disposal for LEO   
   satellites, it's less so for GEO satellites - instead, they're moved   
   into a stable orbit still some great distance out, but either higher or   
   lower than the one they were in, and not intersecting with GEO. This   
   keeps them out of trouble without needing to spend a great deal on   
   providing enough fuel to deorbit them.   
      
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