Path to a sustainable GEO environment: Debris environmental assessment and ITS implications on cost and benefit analysis
This paper conducts an economical evaluation of the geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) under different proposed mitigation measures, including new legal standards, such as a lower satellite explosion rate and restrictions on the number of launches. The computer model, GEO-EVOL1 and 2, was used to run different mitigation scenarios. The simulation result shows that the re-orbit maneuvering and the re