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Released:  February 7, 2024

SPACE BUREAU ANNOUNCES OPEN HOUSE EVENT ON FEBRUARY 29
Space Bureau ‘20 Years of Orbital Debris Mitigation’ Open House


The FCC’s Space Bureau today announced the next steps in its Transparency Initiative for orbital debris mitigation rules.  The Transparency Initiative provides user-friendly information and guidance to interested parties about the Commission’s procedures and what is needed to obtain authorization for space station and earth station operations.

The Space Bureau’s Transparency Initiative aims to provide resources to support industry engagement with the Commission.  The February 29, 2024, event will celebrate 20 years of FCC engagement in space sustainability, beginning with a retrospective of the Commission’s first orbital debris rules adopted in 2004.  Next, there will be a panel of speakers on current rules at the Commission, followed by a closing panel discussion on the future of orbital debris mitigation.  On the Space Bureau’s Transparency Initiative webpage, available at https://www.fcc.gov/space/transparency-initiative, guidance documents on orbital debris rules, sample templates, and other documents related to completing satellite licensing will be posted prior to the event.

The Space Bureau is seeking questions for it to address in its February 29 Open House.  The Open House will start at 10:30 am ET as an in-person and online event. To foster a productive Open House, the Bureau staff respectfully asks interested parties to register and submit questions in advance by sending them to: satinfo@fcc.gov.  Registration information for the Open House will be available at https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/events/2024/02/space-bureau-20-years-orbital-debris-mitigation-open-house. 









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