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Satellite TV provider Dish Network has chalked up a first in telecommunications history, but it's not one the Colorado-based company is likely to brag about. The Federal Communications...
The Federal Communications Commission has ordered Dish Network to pay a fine for failing to maneuver its defunct satellite to a safe orbit.
History's first ever fine for space junk has been issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to Dish Network. This move is an early warning to other satellite operators that Congress is getting serious about space debris.
In a space debris crackdown, Dish Network agreed to pay a $150,000 fine after the FCC concluded that it failed to properly deorbit an aging satellite.
Dish Network was fined $150,000 by the FCC after it failed to carry out the proper disposal plan for its decommissioned EchoStar-7 satellite in 2022.