Given all the junk that's up there orbiting Earth, I'm surprised more satellites don't get ringed and dinged by particles and pieces. There are discussions and potential missions to do something about it. But those aren't near launch at this point.
Well, the FCC did something - they fined Dish Network.
Space junk crackdown intensifies as FCC gives first-ever fine to Dish
"The Dish Network, a U.S. satellite television company, was ordered to pay a fine of $150,000 after an investigation by the agency found that it disposed of one of its satellites at an orbit “well below the elevation required by the terms of its license.”
Disposing equipment at a lower altitude potentially poses a threat, the FCC said."
One comment: $150K is not a lot of money. But still, as least they did something.
"Our bad."
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