وقال الوفد صاحب هذا الرأي ان الدول التي تطلق السواتل هي وحدها التي تستطيع أن تحدد رسميا أن جسما معينا لم يعد فعّالا.
The view was expressed that mitigation of space debris was also complicated by the fact that there was no official information available on which satellites were active and which had already come to the end of their active lives.