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If a satellite falls on your house, space law protects you – but there are no legal penalties for leaving junk in orbit

  • Written by Timiebi Aganaba, Assistant Professor of Space and Society, Arizona State University
If a satellite falls on your house, space law protects you – but there are no legal penalties for leaving junk in orbitIt's unlikely falling space junk will destroy property or kill a person. Petrovich9/iStock via Getty Images

On May 8, 2021, a piece of space junk from a Chinese rocket fell uncontrolled back to Earth and landed in the Indian Ocean near the Maldives. A year ago, in May 2020, another Chinese rocket met the same fate when it plummeted out of control...

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