Article 62

Special regime for research and education spacecraft

1. Union spacecraft operators of research and education missions, are exempted from the requirements laid down in:

(a) Article 66, for research spacecraft intended to be placed in an orbit above the limit prescribed in that Article and below 600 km, where:

(i) a trackability system enables a precise positioning of the spacecraft and;

(ii) the relevant space mission documents demonstrated why manoeuvrability capabilities were not retained;

(b) Article 72, for spacecraft intended to remain in orbit less than one year;

(c) point 2.3, of Annex IV;

(d) point 2.5, of Annex IV;

(e) Point 1.2.1, point (e)(iv), of Annex V;

(f) Point 4.3, point (f)(iii), of Annex V. For the purposes of point (c), of the first subparagraph, a contact point shall be available to respond in a reasonable operational time for LEO/MEO/GEO. For the purposes of point (d), of the first subparagraph, the Union spacecraft operator of the research spacecraft may request the Union collision avoidance space services provider referred to in Article 64(1) to assist in the delivery of its spacecraft ephemerides and covariances. For the purposes of point (e), of the first subparagraph, an obligation of redundancy shall take into consideration the technical limitations linked to the size of the spacecraft.

2. The exceptions referred to in paragraph 1 shall be assessed on a case-by-case basis, by taking into consideration the size and the weight of the spacecraft, and the duration and orbit of the mission.

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