The US government has issued its first ever fine to a company for leaving space junk orbiting the Earth. The Federal Communications Commission fined Dish Network $150,000 (£125,000) for failing ...

On Monday, October 2, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US issued its first fine for space debris, ordering the ... No settlement was ever reached. And the large number of ...

The United States government has handed out its first-ever fine to a private company that left space debris in orbit. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a $150,000 fine to ...

Space junk orbiting Earth ... to enforce its vitally important space debris rules.” It’s too early to say if the FCC’s fine will be the first of many, or whether the action will have any ...

Previously a contributor to Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, and US News. The FCC has issued its first fine for space junk to Dish Network for not properly deorbiting its satellite. The company admitted ...

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has handed out its first-ever space debris enforcement fine to a commercial company after television provider DISH Network failed to deorbit an ...

The FCC handed out its first-ever space junk fine to Dish Network this week. ESA / Barcroft Media The company filed an orbital mitigation plan that was approved by the agency in 2012, in which ...

The U.S. government is cracking down on potentially hazardous trash disposal — in space. For the first ... debris. The Dish Network, a U.S. satellite television company, was ordered to pay a ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission said on Monday it has issued its first space debris enforcement fine, of $150,000 for DISH (DISH.O), opens new tab which failed ...

US authorities said they have issued a "breakthrough" first-ever fine over space debris, slapping a $150,000 penalty on a TV company that failed to properly dispose off a satellite. On Monday the ...

The U.S. government's crackdown on potentially hazardous debris floating in outer space began this week with its first-ever penalty against ... to a pay a $150,000 fine, a first in the ...