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Performance Bonds Proposed to Push Satellite Operators on Orbital Debris
Original: Performance Bonds Could Make Satellite Operators Clean Up Their Own Orbital Mess
A proposed policy would require satellite operators to post performance bonds, financial guarantees forfeited if they fail to deorbit or remove their spacecraft at end of life. The idea aims to shift the cost of cleaning up orbital debris from the public to the companies that create it, adding an economic incentive to existing space sustainability rules.
Why now: Growing concern over space debris and crowded orbits is driving interest in market-based cleanup mechanisms.
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