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Oct 26, 2023 | phys.org | Sara Webb |Brett A. Carter |Christopher Fluke

Reports this week suggest a near-collision between an Australian satellite and a suspected Chinese military satellite. Meanwhile, earlier this month, the US government issued the first ever space junk fine.

Oct 23, 2023 | sightmagazine.com.au | Sara Webb |Brett A. Carter |Christopher Fluke

Reports last week suggest a near-collision between an Australian satellite and a suspected Chinese military satellite. Meanwhile, earlier this month, the US Government issued the first ever space junk fine. The Federal Communications Commission handed a $US150,000 penalty to the DISH Network, a publicly traded company providing satellite TV services.

Oct 22, 2023 | canadianinquirer.net | Sara Webb |Brett A. Carter |Christopher Fluke

Reports this week suggest a near-collision between an Australian satellite and a suspected Chinese military satellite. Meanwhile, earlier this month, the US government issued the first ever space junk fine. The Federal Communications Commission handed a US$150,000 penalty to the DISH Network, a publicly traded company providing satellite TV services.

Oct 20, 2023 | econotimes.com | Sara Webb |Brett A. Carter

Reports this week suggest a near-collision between an Australian satellite and a suspected Chinese military satellite. Meanwhile, earlier this month, the US government issued the first ever space junk fine. The Federal Communications Commission handed a US$150,000 penalty to the DISH Network, a publicly traded company providing satellite TV services.

Sep 20, 2023 | agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Noé Lugaz |Huixin Liu |Brett A. Carter |Jenn Gannon

The last time the sunspot number was higher than it is now, SpaceX was a 6-month-old company, Rocket Lab was still 4 years from being founded, and the first standardized CubeSats were still 1 year from being launched. This was September 2002, when the monthly sunspot number was 188. Less than 100 spacecraft were launched in that year and Nokia was still the most popular cellphone brand.