美国政府对在地球轨道上遗留太空垃圾的公司开罚单-慢速

The US government has issued its first ever fine to a company for leaving space junk orbiting the Earth.
美国政府首次对一家因在地球轨道上遗留太空垃圾的公司开出罚单。
The Federal Communications Commission fined Dish Network $150,000 for failing to move an old satellite far enough away from others in use. 
联邦通信委员会因未能将旧卫星移离其他正在使用的卫星足够远，而对 Dish Network 处以 15 万美元罚款。
The company admitted liability over its EchoStar-7 satellite and agreed to a "compliance plan" with the FCC.
该公司承认对其 EchoStar-7 卫星负有责任，并同意 FCC 的“合规计划”。
Space junk is made up bits of tech that are in orbit around the Earth but are no longer in use, and risk collisions.
太空垃圾由绕地球轨道运行但不再使用的技术碎片组成，并且存在碰撞风险。
rOfficially called space debris, it includes things like old satellites and parts of spacecraft.
它的正式名称为太空碎片，包括旧卫星和航天器部件等。
The FCC said that Dish's satellite posed a potential risk to other satellites orbiting the Earth at its current altitude. 
美国联邦通信委员会表示，Dish 的卫星对在当前高度绕地球运行的其他卫星构成了潜在风险。
Dish's EchoStar-7 - which was first launched in 2002 - was in geostationary orbit, which starts at 22,000 miles (36,000km) above the Earth's surface.
Dish 的 EchoStar-7 于 2002 年首次发射，位于地球静止轨道上，该轨道起始于距地球表面 22,000 英里（36,000 公里）的地方。
Dish was meant to move the satellite 186 miles further from Earth, but at the end of its life in 2022 had moved it only 76 miles after it lost fuel.
Dish 原本打算将卫星移至距离地球 186 英里的地方，但在 2022 年其寿命结束时，由于失去燃料，仅将其移至距离地球 76 英里的地方。