# ISO 16164:2015 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 16164:2015, item title is Space systems — Disposal of satellites operating in or crossing Low Earth Orbit; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 23312:2022; withdrawn / published date is 2015-07-09, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 16164:2015 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Space systems — Disposal of satellites operating in or crossing Low Earth Orbit _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 23312:2022
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 2015-07-09 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 55741,IS,,ISO 16164:2015,Space systems — Disposal of satellites operating in or crossing Low Earth Orbit,Systèmes spatiaux — Disposition des satellites opérant dans ou à cheval de l'orbite terrestre basse,2015-07-09,1,['49.140'],ISO/TC 20/SC 14,9599,,[75221],['en'],11,"<p>ISO 16164:2015 focuses on the post-mission disposal of spacecraft operating in, or crossing, Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The disposal of orbital launch stages operating in, or crossing, LEO is not dealt with in this International Standard.</p><p>Post-mission disposal of an Earth-orbiting spacecraft broadly means removing the spacecraft from its operational orbit after the end of mission, manoeuvring it to a region of space where

## Source

- https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01.
Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).