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This contribution explores how geomagnetic storm conditions should be incorporated into discussions on space sustainability and orbital capacity management. While space capacity is often discussed through debris population, launch traffic, and mitigation compliance, disturbed space weather conditions also play a significant role by altering upper-atmospheric density, drag, orbital prediction, conjunction risk assessment, and re-entry modelling. Drawing on a space-weather perspective, the paper argues that sustainable orbital governance should better integrate environmental variability driven by solar and geomagnetic activity. The objective is not to replace debris-based metrics, but to complement them by highlighting how storm-time geospace conditions affect the operational and regulatory understanding of orbital use. The contribution therefore proposes a more interdisciplinary approach to capacity governance, linking physical variability in the near-Earth environment with legal and policy debates on responsibility, thresholds, and sustainable access to orbit.
| Which section would you like to submit your abstract to? | Session 12: “Towards the integration of all the open aspects in space sustainability” |
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