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TheBaenAddict t1_iubdyn9 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:57 AM

Reply to comment by Mntfrd_Graverobber in Amazon may have to turn to SpaceX for help launching its Starlink rival service by Soupjoe5

The US already has a brand new policy in place requiring a deorbit within five years of satellite decommissioning: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/09/fcc-requires-faster-de-orbiting-of-satellites-to-prevent-low-earth-orbit-debris/

Due to the timing of this rule Starlink is largely exempt, but SpaceX will be blowing these requirements out of the water anyway.