Dish Network will have to pay $150,000 for failing to move an old satellite far enough away from the Earth.
  • @threelonmusketeersEnglish
    3•9 months ago

    starlink satellites do not have any boosting thrusters

    Starlink satellites actually do have Hall-effect ion thrusters, and can raise and lower their their own orbits. Though like any spacecraft, they still have a finite amount of fuel and will eventually deorbit.