Astronauts eject UK-led space junk demo mission
A UK-led project to showcase methods to tackle space junk has just been pushed out of the International Space Station.
The RemoveDebris satellite was ejected a short while ago with the help of a robotic arm.
The 100kg craft, built in Guildford, has a net and a harpoon.
These are just two of the multiple ideas currently being considered to snare rogue hardware, some 7,500 tonnes of which is now said to be circling the planet.
Previously: SpaceX Launches CRS-14 Resupply Mission to the ISS
(Score: 2) by frojack on Friday June 22 2018, @07:47PM
You realize that this has actually happened already and there was no war, right?
https://www.space.com/20138-russian-satellite-chinese-space-junk.html [space.com]
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-worst-collision-of-orbiting-satellites-and-space_us_59406ffee4b04c03fa26166e [huffingtonpost.com]
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