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FCC Issues First Ever Orbital Debris Fine Against DISH

By Douglas Messier

SpaceRef

October 3, 2023

Filed under Dish Network, FCC, orbital debris

FCC Issues First Ever Orbital Debris Fine Against DISH — Map of orbital debris around Earth.

Image credit: NASA.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken its first-ever orbital debris enforcement action by fining DISH $150,000 for failing to properly dispose of its EchoStar-7 direct-broadcast communications satellite.

Douglas Messier

Douglas Messier is the founder of Parabolic Arc. He studied at George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute and is an alumnus of the International Space University.