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The FCC suggested that DISH submit a debris mitigation plan to facilitate processing of its modification application.
The FCC concluded in 2004 that it had sufficient authority under the Communications Act to adopt orbital debris mitigation requirements.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) entered into a negotiated Consent Decree with DISH Operating LLC to resolve an investigation into the deorbiting of its EchoStar-7 satellite.
The FCC determined that DISH violated the Communications Act by failing to properly relocate the EchoStar-7 satellite to the required disposal orbit.
DISH submitted a debris mitigation plan and the FCC granted its modification application.
In 2020, the FCC updated its rules to require more specificity in debris mitigation plans from satellite applicants.
In May 2022, DISH notified the FCC that EchoStar-7 had completed its deorbit maneuvers and was placed in a disposal orbit only 122 kilometers above its geostationary arc.
DISH agreed in the Consent Decree that the FCC has jurisdiction over it and the matters contained in the Consent Decree.
DISH's Consent Decree marked the FCC's first enforcement action related to violations of orbital debris mitigation rules.
The ORBITS Act would require the Office of Space Commerce, together with the National Space Council and the Federal Communications Commission, to encourage the development of practices for coordinating space traffic to help avoid collisions that create debris.
The Federal Communications Commission adopted rules on 2023-09-21, that provided new access to spectrum for commercial launches.
SpaceX has permission from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to grow the Starlink constellation to 12,000 satellites and is seeking international approvals to eventually expand to 40,000 Starlink satellites in orbit.
Updated regulatory filings reduced the FAA report’s assumed total of 54,902 FCC-licensed satellites in space by 7,518 satellites.
Amazon must deploy at least half of its proposed 3,236 satellites by July 2026 under the terms of its Federal Communications Commission license and must deploy the remaining satellites three years later.
The Federal Communications Commission fined Dish Network $150,000 for failing to properly remove a satellite from geostationary orbit.
The FCC approved a Dish Network plan in 2012 to move EchoStar-7 at the end of its mission to 300 km above geostationary orbit.
Iceye’s and Planet’s updated FCC licenses include provisions requiring the companies to coordinate with the National Science Foundation to achieve a mutually acceptable agreement to mitigate the impact of their satellites on optical ground-based astronomy.
The Federal Communications Commission is requiring more operators of satellite constellations to work with astronomers to minimize the effects their satellites will have on ground-based astronomy.
Amazon must launch half of its Project Kuiper constellation by July 2026 to comply with its FCC license.
Amazon’s Federal Communications Commission license requires deployment of at least half of the Project Kuiper constellation by July 2026.