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Ars Technica | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 Dish botches satellite deorbit, gets hit with FCC’s first space-debris fine

Old TV satellite's graveyard orbit isn't high enough, poses orbital debris risk.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/dish-botches-satellite-deorbit-gets-hit-with-fccs-first-space-debris-fine/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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5a52e09d | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @872ab8e1 Is there a video game where we control a ground-based laser to pew pew pew space debris out of the sky yet?
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4080a5e3 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @872ab8e1 
Waiting for satellitocalipse
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37388edd | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @872ab8e1 

Historical reference to this is more significant.

This is the first time any corporation has been held liable for something happening in space.