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US government issues first-ever space debris penalty to Dish Network (www.theguardian.com)

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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

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[-] vector_zero@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

How close are we talking?

[-] whileloop@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellite-collision-alerts-on-the-rise

According to this article, Starlink satellites are involved in over 1,600 close encounters (within 1 kilometer or 0.6 miles) each week.

[-] vector_zero@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Hot damn, that is close

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