So long as small satellites are in low Earth orbit – and most likely they will be – the Earth’s “vacuum cleaner” will clean them up.
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Back of the net! Litter-picking mission will leave space junk caught up in a web.
Just about anyone can get a tiny, cheap satellite into orbit these days. As we consider how to deploy them responsibly, inspiration comes from an amateur community of enthusiasts.
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Associate Professor, Astronomy, University of Regina
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PhD Researcher in Space Law and Policy, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of Engineering Design, Electrical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, Penn State
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Professor, Swinburne University of Technology
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