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The United Kingdom Is Launching Giant Claws Into Orbit to Clean Up Space Junk. You Can Help Name the First-of-Its-Kind Mission

Summary by Smithsonian Mag
The spacecraft is designed to drag two dead satellites into Earth's atmosphere, where they are expected to disintegrate. The mission is slated to launch in 2029 and be completed by 2032

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The British government is funding $81 million in a mission entrusted to ClearSpace UK to capture two out-of-service satellites by 2032. With giant robotic clamps, this reusable spacecraft will be launched in 2029 from Scotland to de-absorb these wrecks and de-absorb the low Earth orbit.

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