With Earth's orbit growing more crowded with satellites, a U.S. government agency on Friday said it would begin revising decades-old rules on getting rid of space junk and on other issues such as satellite refueling and inspecting and repairing in-orbit spacecraft.
"We believe the new space age needs new rules," Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said after the 4-0 FCC vote, adding that current rules "were largely built for another era."
The proceeding will look at efforts to transform materials through manufacturing while in space and ISAM spectrum needs. Starks said proceeding "will help us build the record we need to fully understand emerging ISAM technologies, their spectrum requirements their debris implications."
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