ESA Plans to Harpoon Space Junk with New Satellite

Space junk is a growing problem. Debris from decommissioned satellites and other pieces of material orbit our planet in an ever-widening ring. Now, though, the European Space Agency has a new plan to deal with capturing tumbling satellites: harpooning them.Decades of satellite launches have left Earth surrounded by a halo of space junk. In fact, there are more than 17,000 trackable objects that are larger than a coffee cup that threaten working missions. More

(Source: Science World Report - Jun 29)