FCC Adopts New '5-Year Rule' for Deorbiting Satellites

  • Full Title:
    Space Innovation IB Docket No. 22-271 Mitigation of Orbital Debris in the New Space Age IB Docket No. 18-313
  • Document Type:
    Report and Order
  • Bureau(s):
    International
  • Description
    Adopting new rules requiring satellite operators in low-Earth orbit to dispose of their satellites within 5 years of completing their missions
  • DA/FCC #:
    FCC-22-74
  • Docket No:
    22-271
    18-313
  • FCC Record Citation:
    37 FCC Rcd 11818 (13)
  • FCC Record:
    FCC-22-74A1_Rcd.pdf

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