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(c) Lack of channels of communication: Communication channels for regular coordination of spacecraft maneuvers are underdeveloped, making it difficult to clarify and address potential concerns regarding such maneuvers or to deconflict operations in space. (...) Loss of early warning functions, for instance, will most likely be considered profoundly escalatory and threatening while impaired means for assessing sudden changes in force postures or observing military maneuvers may stoke fears of preparations for conflict. (...) (d) Conducting proximity operations that impair the safe operation of another space asset, or during an orbital maneuvers of the approached satellite without prior consultation, or after the affected State has requested consultations or a cessation of the maneuver.

The ability of a particular satellite to provide such services over time depends largely upon how much fuel is carried by the spacecraft to allow for maneuvers, both to keep the satellite in orbit and to avoid collision with other satellites or trackable debris. When a United Nations A/AC.294/2022/WP.21 General Assembly Distr.: General 21 September 2022 Original: English A/AC.294/2022/WP.21 2 spacecraft is assessed to have a high probability of collision related to debris, the operator may conduct a maneuver to prevent the spacecraft from impact. Such a maneuver reduces the amount of fuel available, thereby reducing the total lifetime of the satellite. (...) For example, on June 16, 2022, the International Space Station was forced to conduct an unscheduled maneuver to avoid a fragment from a satellite that had been destroyed by a direct-ascent anti-satellite missile test.

A: TIR-wire too long - maneuver handle not secured. Wire not even passing through the hole in the pivoting device and handle. (...) C: TIR-wire too long - maneuver handle not secured. Wire not even passing through the hole in the pivoting device and handle. (...) Base for handle D: Maneuver handle in free position – and the door can be opened.