An EU-backed satellite called RemoveDEBRIS will test ways to destroy space debris when it launches in early 2018 Surrey Space Centre
After the party, there’s always the cleanup to take care of. It’s no different in space. Earth orbit is littered with derelict satellites, dead rockets and fragments of both that really ought to be tidied up – pushed into the atmosphere to safely incinerate.
The number of countries launching satellites has risen dramatically over the past 50 years. Of the 4300 currently in orbit, only 1200 still work and some of the rest are in pieces, following collisions and…
