Axelspace Establishes Green Spacecraft Standard to Achieve Sustainable Space Business

Axelspace Establishes Green Spacecraft Standard to Achieve Sustainable Space Business

Axelspace Corporation, a microsatellite pioneer, has established the “Green Spacecraft Standard 1.0,” intending to balance space business and sustainability. Axelspace will comply with the guideline during the life cycle of satellites and actively promote it so that sustainable space business will become an industry standard.

What is the Green Spacecraft Standard 1.0?

The guideline for sustainability throughout the entire life cycle of satellites was settled by Axelspace, which has been promoting the space business since the 2000s. Axelspace will apply these guidelines to future AxelLiner business together with spacecraft manufacturing alliance companies.

Green Spacecraft Standard 1.0 

1. Introduction

1.1 Acronyms

2. For Sustainable Earth

2.1 Green Procurement

2.2 Green Manufacturing & Testing

2.3 Green Transportation

3. For Sustainable Space

3.1 Prevention of Debris Release

3.2 Post Mission Disposal (PMD)

3.3 Orbital Collision Avoidance (COLA: COLlision Avoidance) With Debris and Other Satellites

3.4 Collaboration With SSA Agencies and Other Satellite Operators

3.5 Orbital Object Detection, Identification, and Tracking

3.6 Third-Party Review

Contributing to the establishment of practical industry standards

Axelspace has set a higher standard than the guidelines provided by national governments and international organizations. It is also compliant with the FCC’s new rules to dispose of used satellites within five years after their operation, as well as the SSR, a sustainability rating system for space operators that has been proposed mainly in Europe. In collaboration with Professor Yasuyuki Miyazaki of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Nihon University, they will actively formulate and promote international guidelines, including popularizing SSR in the Asia-Pacific region.

Includes debris prevention measures and global environmental considerations during manufacturing in addition to collision avoidance

Axelspace announced “AxelLiner,” a one-stop service for microsatellites, last year. We settled on “Green Spacecraft Standard 1.0” to reduce the environmental impact of spacecraft manufacturing as much as possible, in addition to not increasing space debris. It goes beyond the installation of anti-debris devices, which has always been a focus of space sustainability, by incorporating a wide range of criteria to minimize the environmental impact of satellite projects throughout their life cycle, from the satellite design phase to the end of the mission in space, both on Earth and in space. We also plan to update this guideline through technological advances and dialogue within the space business industry.

Click here to learn more about Green Spacecraft Standards 1.0 from Axelspace.

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GNSS Constellations - A list of all GNSS satellites by constellations

beidou

Satellite NameOrbit Date
BeiDou-3 G4Geostationary Orbit (GEO)17 May, 2023
BeiDou-3 G2Geostationary Orbit (GEO)09 Mar, 2020
Compass-IGSO7Inclined Geosynchronous Orbit (IGSO)09 Feb, 2020
BeiDou-3 M19Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)16 Dec, 2019
BeiDou-3 M20Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)16 Dec, 2019
BeiDou-3 M21Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)23 Nov, 2019
BeiDou-3 M22Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)23 Nov, 2019
BeiDou-3 I3Inclined Geosynchronous Orbit (IGSO)04 Nov, 2019
BeiDou-3 M23Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)22 Sep, 2019
BeiDou-3 M24Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)22 Sep, 2019

galileo

Satellite NameOrbit Date
GSAT0223MEO - Near-Circular05 Dec, 2021
GSAT0224MEO - Near-Circular05 Dec, 2021
GSAT0219MEO - Near-Circular25 Jul, 2018
GSAT0220MEO - Near-Circular25 Jul, 2018
GSAT0221MEO - Near-Circular25 Jul, 2018
GSAT0222MEO - Near-Circular25 Jul, 2018
GSAT0215MEO - Near-Circular12 Dec, 2017
GSAT0216MEO - Near-Circular12 Dec, 2017
GSAT0217MEO - Near-Circular12 Dec, 2017
GSAT0218MEO - Near-Circular12 Dec, 2017

glonass

Satellite NameOrbit Date
Kosmos 2569--07 Aug, 2023
Kosmos 2564--28 Nov, 2022
Kosmos 2559--10 Oct, 2022
Kosmos 2557--07 Jul, 2022
Kosmos 2547--25 Oct, 2020
Kosmos 2545--16 Mar, 2020
Kosmos 2544--11 Dec, 2019
Kosmos 2534--27 May, 2019
Kosmos 2529--03 Nov, 2018
Kosmos 2527--16 Jun, 2018

gps

Satellite NameOrbit Date
Navstar 82Medium Earth Orbit19 Jan, 2023
Navstar 81Medium Earth Orbit17 Jun, 2021
Navstar 78Medium Earth Orbit22 Aug, 2019
Navstar 77Medium Earth Orbit23 Dec, 2018
Navstar 76Medium Earth Orbit05 Feb, 2016
Navstar 75Medium Earth Orbit31 Oct, 2015
Navstar 74Medium Earth Orbit15 Jul, 2015
Navstar 73Medium Earth Orbit25 Mar, 2015
Navstar 72Medium Earth Orbit29 Oct, 2014
Navstar 71Medium Earth Orbit02 Aug, 2014

irnss

Satellite NameOrbit Date
NVS-01Geostationary Orbit (GEO)29 May, 2023
IRNSS-1IInclined Geosynchronous Orbit (IGSO)12 Apr, 2018
IRNSS-1HSub Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (Sub-GTO)31 Aug, 2017
IRNSS-1GGeostationary Orbit (GEO)28 Apr, 2016
IRNSS-1FGeostationary Orbit (GEO)10 Mar, 2016
IRNSS-1EGeosynchronous Orbit (IGSO)20 Jan, 2016
IRNSS-1DInclined Geosynchronous Orbit (IGSO)28 Mar, 2015
IRNSS-1CGeostationary Orbit (GEO)16 Oct, 2014
IRNSS-1BInclined Geosynchronous Orbit (IGSO)04 Apr, 2014
IRNSS-1AInclined Geosynchronous Orbit (IGSO)01 Jul, 2013