UK To Fund Space-Debris Removal Demo

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The UK is eyes ways to remove some of the 54,000 tracked objects of space debris larger than 10 cm orbiting Earth.

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The UK Space Agency (UKSA) says it plans to perform a space debris removal demonstration and has kicked off the search for a domestic vendor for the mission, which should launch before 2029. Under the £75.6 million ($103 million), five-year research and development effort, the supplier would provide...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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