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US government issues first-ever space debris penalty to Dish Network (www.theguardian.com)
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US government issues first-ever space debris penalty to Dish Network::Dish to pay $150,000 for failing to properly dispose of satellite and violating the FCC’s anti-space debris rule

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair it is only for a single satellite not being properly de-orbited, not for a whole constellation being a problem.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Yeah but if the fine is less than the cost of doing it right, then doing it wrong and paying the fine is the more profitable way to do business. Something tells me they saved a lot more than this cost them.