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    'Move fast and break things,' satellite edition: FCC fines Swarm $900,000 for launching without permission

    by Sammy Roth And Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times Dec 21, 2018 3 minutes

    Swarm Technologies Inc. learned an expensive lesson this week: If you're going to shoot satellites into space, make sure the government signs off first.

    The Menlo Park, Calif., company has agreed to pay a $900,000 fine to the Federal Communications Commission, the regulatory agency said Thursday. The FCC had denied Swarm's request for permission to launch four tiny satellites, but the company went ahead with the launch anyway in January.

    The fine sends

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