Rescuing Satellites Is Harder than It Looks -- a Growing Space Junk Problem Will Make Doing so More Important
The robotic spacecraft will attempt a noncooperative capture of the drifting telescope and then raise it to a safer orbit over several months.
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Bozeman Daily ChronicleRescuing satellites is harder than it looks – a growing space junk problem will make doing so more important
An illustration of the plan for the European Space Agency's ClearSpace mission, where a servicing spacecraft will deorbit an ESA satellite. ClearSpace/ESA, CC BY-NCA commercial robotic spacecraft called LINK launched on an emergency mission to save NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which has been slowly falling toward Earth, on July 3, 2026. Over the coming weeks, LINK, built by Katalyst Space Technologies, will try to grasp the telescope, …
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Each operation to rescue a broken satellites requires millimeter maneuvers and innovative strategies to prevent accidents in space.
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