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Andrew Jones

DARK SECRETS: Space junk cleanup tech that could shepherd debris into earth s atmosphere gets us patent - The Real Truth

An illustration of two golden, square metal satellites with solar panels floating above Earth in space.

The Japanese space-sustainability company Astroscale has unveiled a patent for what it describes as a new method for space debris removal.

Astroscale has developed a distributed, reusable system that aims to be more cost-effective and agile than traditional approaches to active debris removal (ADR). The system is described in a U.S. patent for its "Method and System for Multi-Object Space Debris Removal."

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