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 ...

US authorities have issued the first-ever fine for space debris to a TV company that failed to properly dispose of a satellite, officials said on Monday (2 October). Dish Network was fined € ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued its first space debris enforcement fine, saying the company DISH will pay $150,000 (£124,000) for failing to properly de-orbit its EchoStar-7 ...

The US government has issued its first fine to a company for leaving junk in space. US TV company Dish Network has been told to pay $150,000 (around £125,000) for failing to remove a satellite ...

The FCC said it was the first enforcement action it's ever taken regarding space debris, or defunct human-made objects that are no longer used but left in space. Dish reached a settlement with the ...

The FAA is moving ahead with efforts to develop rules for the disposal of upper stages as another Centaur upper stage breaks ...

Picture: NASA Parts of space shuttles and dead satellites ... “These collisions tend to produce smaller and smaller pieces of junk. The first-ever occurrence of two satellites smashing into ...

The FCC has issued its first fine for space junk to Dish ... different methods for cleaning up space junk, which has become a growing problem ever since we started launching rockets into orbit.

Space junk is a huge concern for those who want to put anything into orbit or keep it there. Here are a few times that space ...

NASA has revealed incredible details about a potential “human first” event in space, which was caused ... smaller and smaller pieces of junk. The first-ever occurrence of two satellites ...

Rocky debris caused by a NASA mission could create the first human-made meteor shower ... a researcher for the Deep-space Astrodynamics Research and Technology group at Italy’s Polytechnic ...