
FCC issues 1st-ever space debris fine, serves DISH $150k penalty
The United States government has handed out its first-ever fine to a private company that left space debris in orbit.
The amount of trash in Earth orbit, from spent rocket stages, broken satellites and micrometeoroids, is growing. Scientists are working on methods to combat the threat of space junk and orbital debris collisions.
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