Many of these satellites have been retired due to
normal end of useful life, obsolescence or failure; yet many still have valuable components, such as antennas, that could last much longer than the life of the satellite.
Not exact matches
The fact that a system or component is near, at or beyond the
end of its
normal useful life is not, in itself, a material defect.
The new methodology provides an accounting framework to quantify emission reductions achieved by diverting highly refined used transformer oil, which under
normal conditions would be incinerated at the
end of its
useful life, to a refining facility that processes the transformer oil for re-use.
Made
of Xanita X-board (more below), which is 97 % post consumer waste paper, the Freefold system can, at the
end of its
useful life be recycled alongside
normal paper recycling.
The fact that a system or component is near, at, or beyond the
end of its
normal,
useful life is not, in itself, a material defect.