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On the US FAA's response to Falcon 9 debris

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Analysis Commercial Spaceflight Federation deorbiting Donald Trump end of launch exercise of control expendable launch vehicle Falcon 9 NASA orbital launch space debris SpaceX Starlink 11-4 mission uncontrolled reentry US Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act 2015 US Federal Aviation Administration

On February 1, SpaceX launched its Starlink 11-4 mission onboard a Falcon 9 rocket. The rocket's reusable first stage returned safely to the ground and the second stage remained in orbit after dep…