FCC: satellites in low-Earth orbit must fall after 5 years to clean up space

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@bobtato

Well, good.

…this will at least mean most future satellites are removed from orbit before they make the problem any worse.

But only those satellites whose owners pay attention to the FCC. The US may be responsible for 50% of the space ‘economy’ but who is going to make the rest (e.g. China) adhere to this?