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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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[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Seems to be for one satellite. So let’s hold onto hope they keep racking up the fines.

[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yes but you see, all I see is them rather paying the small fine instead of doing things properly. Sometimes the fines are cheaper than doing the right thing and following procedures. The cycle continues.