ClearSpace wants to remove large pieces of space junk before they smash into other objects.
Credit: ClearSpace
In a perfect advertisement for its services, ClearSpace, a Swiss startup focused on space debris removal, says a fast-moving small piece of junk hit a leftover payload adapter floating in Earth’s orbit—one it had planned to remove. Observing two pieces of space junk collide is rare. 100 million...
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