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Space Innovation IB Docket No. 22-271 Mitigation of Orbital Debris in the New Space Age IB Docket No. 18-313
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Report and Order
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FCC-22-74
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22-271
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Adopting new rules requiring satellite operators in low-Earth orbit to dispose of their satellites within 5 years of completing their missions
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Erratum - Mitigation of Orbital Debris in the New Space Age
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Erratum
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Managing Director
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18-313
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Issued an Erratum correcting Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Order and FNPRM), FCC 20-54, released April 24, 2020
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Orbital Debris in the New Space Age, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
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Report and OrderFNPRM
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FCC-20-54
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18-313
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This Report and Order updates the Commission's satellite rules on orbital debris mitigation for the first time in over 15 years. The Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeks comment on other proposals related to mitigating orbital debris
