The RemoveDEBRIS mission has successfully tested a harpoon that was designed to capture space junk in orbit. This marks the second successful attempt for the research team. In September 2018, they deployed a net that wrapped itself around an orbiting …
View More This space harpoon could be a solution to our growing space junk problemCategory: Space Debris
Deploy the space harpoon
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View More Deploy the space harpoonHumans have been tossing junk into space for years. This net could help clean it up.
Space junk is increasingly becoming a big problem for the future of spaceflight, but RemoveDEBRIS is trying to come up with a solution. During a cleanup test that took place in September, the project, led by the University of Surrey, successfully dep…
View More Humans have been tossing junk into space for years. This net could help clean it up.Space is open for business
Space is no longer the exclusive domain of engineering behemoths with a “monumental mission” mindset – a new ecosystem of technology innovators are democratizing extra-terrestrial commerce.
View More Space is open for businessThousands of SpaceX Starlink satellites could pose ‘unprecedented’ space junk problem
The derelict Russian satellite Cosmos 2251 had been aimlessly spinning around Earth for nearly 15 years when, in 2009, it slammed into a functional Iridium telecommunication satellite at 26,000 miles per hour.
This collision sprayed an estimated 200,…