FCC Told New Small Satellite Rules Could Create Space Junk

By Christopher Crosby (August 8, 2018, 5:42 PM EDT) -- SpaceX, researchers and space launch and satellite companies have told the Federal Communications Commission that they generally support plans to streamline the license requirements for small satellites capable of beaming broadband signal back to Earth, but also cautioned that untested satellites could create an orbiting pile of space junk....

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