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
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
This should be an ongoing 150k a month until the satellite is decommissioned in order for it to be anywhere near meaningful