Space News reports that Odin Space is “preparing to start detecting tiny but potentially dangerous pieces of orbital debris in the coming weeks from a sensor on a recently launched space tug.” The venture announced “that it had successfully powered up the demo sensor, integrated with D-Orbit’s small satellite-carrying ION orbital transfer vehicle that SpaceX launched earlier this month to low Earth orbit.” The sensor’s sensitivity “is cranked up high to detect background vibrations from the host satellite to test core systems, but will be tuned for detecting surrounding debris as small as one-tenth of a millimeter.”
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Tag: Orbital Debris Removal
Astroscale, New Zealand Partner on Orbital Debris Removal
Space News reports that Astroscale “signed an agreement with the government of New Zealand Nov. 10 to study advanced concepts for orbital debris removal.” The agreement “broadly covers cooperation on space safety and sustainability, with an initial project examining approaches for a single servicing spacecraft to remove up to three debris objects on a single mission.”
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