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RE: Trash Talk - Can we Sweep up Space Debris with Laser Brooms?

in #science7 years ago

Loved the post! Space debris is a real problem. Theres a Switzerland-based spaceflight company looking to launch a spacecraft to do some cleaning with the help of Canada. It would essentially grab the space debris in orbit, and then push it towards earth so it would deorbit and burn up in the atmosphere.

Theyre trying to clean up their own debris, there’s a cubesat if theirs that needs to be de orbited as it’s mission life is over. Cool that a space company is cleaning up their own waste!

Slated to launch later this year according this article: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.space.com/23049-space-junk-satellite-swiss-space-plane.html