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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
150,000 is nothing to a company who built their own satellite network
The fine should be commensurate with the cost of removing it. In other words, a lot more
Plus, given poor corporate behavior exemplified by recent headlines about defunct oil wells, they need to post a bond ahead of time, to be forfeit if they don’t clean up
To be fair it is only for a single satellite not being properly de-orbited, not for a whole constellation being a problem.
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.
This should be an ongoing 150k a month until the satellite is decommissioned in order for it to be anywhere near meaningful