FCC Fines Dish Network $150K In First-ever Space Debris Penalty

In a first, the Federal Communications Commission or FCC has issued a penalty related to space debris to Dish Network Corp. for failure to properly deorbit its EchoStar-7 satellite. The FCC said its Enforcement Bureau has reached a breakthrough settlement of its investigation into DISH, which admitted its liability for failing to properly dispose of the EchoStar-7 broadcast communications...

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