PARIS— Major satellite fleet operators warned that if global regulations do not punish irresponsible behavior in low Earth orbit, even civic-minded companies will start acting irresponsibly.
Rare is the industry where so many industry players — constellations big and small, operators in LEO, MEO and GEO orbits, startups and established businesses — have asked for laws to put a break on industry activity.
A year after U.S. regulators close to imposing serious space traffic management and debris-mitigation rules on satellite operators in low Earth orbit before backing off . . .
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