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US issues first ever fine for space junk to Dish Network
(www.bbc.com)
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this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2023
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Should the fine not be the cost of a mission to move the satellite? It's within our technology now.
Article says the fine is for not moving the satellite far enough away from things still being used. Maybe all they have to do is send it a command to move itself further
The article says it ran out of fuel
Oh rip, I missed that