Originally Posted by
wiggy
I'm aware of that, but I also thought (possibly mistakenly) that I had read/heard that because that piece of "real estate" was of such value there was an agreement/coordination system to try and ensure such satellites (and of course it's not just comms sats) remained in an assigned "box" whilst they were operational and that once they became "inop" if possible they were moved out of the geostationary belt.
I'll see if I can find out further...
Yes, you are right. There is a coordination system for geostationary satellites because there is a limited capacity in the Clarke belt.
But there is no control for all these new satellites that the OP refers to, other than frequency assignments.