AMSAT Hopes to Balance Debris Concerns With Amateur Satellite Usage

Radio Amateur Satellite Corp. "look[s] forward to working with the FCC to craft a regulatory framework that addresses the growing concerns regarding orbital debris while preserving the flexibility for hobbyists, experimenters, and researchers to access a variety of orbits," Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer emailed Monday. The reconsideration order on November's agenda would deny the group's 2004 petition for recon of applying orbital debris mitigation requirements to amateur space services (see 1811020003).