Russia Wants to Build
Trackable objects in Low Earth Orbit. Image Credit: ESA
Russia is looking to build a $2 billion orbital “pod” that would sweep up satellite debris from space around the Earth. According to a post on the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos’ Facebook site, (which seems to confirm an earlier article by the Interfax news agency) the cleaning satellite would work on nuclear power and be operational for about 15 years. The Russian rocket company, Energia proposes that they would complete the cleaning satellite assembly by 2020 and test the device no later than in 2023. (…) Read the rest of Russia Wants to Build “Sweeper” to Clean up Space Debris (136 words)
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