DFace NewsUK funds $81M satellite cleanup mission to clear orbit debris
The UK Space Agency has awarded a 61-million-pound contract, worth about 81 million US dollars, to remove two defunct British satellites from orbit between 2029 and 2032. A manipulator spacecraft launched from the Shetland Islands will capture and deorbit the objects. The mission targets the growing problem of space junk, where thousands of inactive satellites and fragments crowd low Earth orbit.…
Source: New Atlas