Dish to pay $150,000 for failing to properly dispose of satellite and violating the FCC’s anti-space debris rule

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

  • astropenguin5@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

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

    • reshuffle6655@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      15·
      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.