SpaceX Hit With Fine Notice For FAA Regulation Violation

SpaceX Starlink launch

 SpaceX launched its 72nd dedicated Starlink mission on Feb. 12.

Credit: SpaceX
The FAA says SpaceX failed to file required launch collision avoidance data ahead of a Falcon 9 launch with a batch of Starlink satellites last August, a violation that may cost the company $175,000. SpaceX has 30 days to respond to the FAA’s Notice of Proposed Civil Penalty, which was sent to...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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