Tracking 28666 objects as of 19-Mar-2024
HD Live streaming from Space Station
objects crossing your sky now

Launch of space-debris-removal experiment delayed due to safety reviews


Launch of space-debris-removal experiment delayed due to safety reviews RemoveDebris, a space-junk-wrangling spacecraft once slated to hitch a ride to the International Space Station with SpaceX in June, won’t launch until the end of 2017 or early 2018 to allow additional NASA safety reviews, according to the European project’s manager. The 100-kilogram spacecraft, developed by a consortium of 10 European companies including Airbus Defense and Space and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd., would be the largest and heaviest satellite deployed from the ISS.   More



(Source: SpaceNews - May 27)

comments powered by Disqus