Equip satellites with propulsion such that they can perform collision avoidance maneuvers to minimize risk of collision with other objects
Equip satellites with GNSS receivers so that you are capable of producing high-accuracy state estimates without relying on third-party observations of your satellite.
Design satellites and your mission to ensure safe end-of-life disposal (see below)
Generate and publish propagated ephemeris and share it with other satellite operators,
Publish ephemeris frequently, ideally updating them with every ground contact. In LEO, drag is the dominant external source of trajectory uncertainty, and drag fluctautions are difficult to predict.
Publish covariance with your ephemeris to convey your degree of confidence in your predictions.
Monitor the quality of your predictions, both in terms of absolute error and in covariance realism (using metrics such as Mahalanobis distance).
Incorporate upcoming maneuvers into your ephemeris exports, to inform other operators of them before they are executed.
Continuously monitor predicted vs. executed thrust to ensure that your maneuver predictions align with actual performance.
Do not tolerate burn failures, which make your ephemeris exports inaccurate. Do not continue to attempt burns using a faulty thruster to compound the error; pause operational burns to troubleshoot if necessary.
Provide accurate contact information for your organization for conjunction coordination on a public platform, such as space-track.org, this platform, or both.
Provide accurate size and maneuverability status for objects that you own on a public platform.
Ensure that ephemeris is available on a public platform. It should not be treated as proprietary information, it is critical for safe flight.
After launch, work with the US Space Force to accelerate object cataloging, ideally by sharing ephemeris.
Be cognizant of the Launch COLA GAP. Work with launch providers to launch into low-density altitudes, and plan to share ephemeris as soon as the satellite establishes contact.