Scientists Devising Space Junk Clean-Up Satellite

Name: Scientists Devising Space Junk Clean-Up Satellite
Uploaded: 2012-03-28T18:53:10.000Z
Description: According to scientists, space junk threats could be removed with a robotic spacecraft they are developing to literally grab debris out of orbit.

According to scientists, space junk threats could be removed with a robotic spacecraft they are developing to literally grab debris out of orbit.

Mar 28, 2012

The threat posed by space junk to orbiting satellites and spacecraft was highlighted this weekend when a discarded piece of debris from a Russian rocket passed close to the International Space Station. According to Swiss-based scientists however, the threats could be removed with a robotic spacecraft they are developing to literally grab debris out of orbit. The team says CleanSpace One will be ready to launch in 2016.

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