The FCC has finally gotten around to updating its 15-year-old orbital debris rules, adding new requirements and streamlining the approval process. With hundreds of satellites going up every year into ...
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said with the order the commission was “reinforcing our commitment to space sustainability”. Credit: FCC webcast WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission ...
PARIS — U.S. regulators have further tightened rules designed to assure that satellites are designed and operated to minimize their contribution to the growing mass of in-orbit garbage. In a ruling ...