United Kingdom£61 million sends robotic claws after 2 dead satellites.
No one has actively removed debris from orbit yet, UK Space Agency officials say.
ClearSpace must inspect, approach and capture unprepared objects, then relocate them out of low Earth orbit.
“This mission is about much more than removing debris,” said Alice Bunn, the agency’s international director.
ClearSpace launches no earlier than 2029, after which international governments could contract it.
How each outlet framed it
- Payload
- stresses no operator has yet removed active debris, framing the £61M ClearSpace contract as the UK's bid to lead cleanup
Sources: Payload