NEWS: SpaceX has filed a letter with the FCC, accusing Amazon of continuing to violate its approved orbital debris mitigation plan.
"Amazon is dispensing satellites 50-90 km higher than authorized and without adequate coordination or information sharing. Amazon’s and its launch partner Arianespace’s negligence needlessly and significantly increases risk to other operational systems and inhabited spacecraft. To be clear, Amazon and Arianespace can easily launch in a manner that dramatically decreases this risk if they simply adjust their launch plans to bring them into compliance with Amazon’s authorization."
Full letter:
