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ESA contracts ClearSpace for debris removal mission – SpaceWatch.Global
Paris, 27 November 2020. – The European Space Agency (ESA) contracted a consortium led by the Swiss start-up ClearSpace for the world’s first space debris removal…
Vega VV02 payload and fairing. Photo: ESA
Paris, 27 November 2020. The European Space Agency (ESA) contracted a consortium led by the Swiss start-up ClearSpace for the worlds first space debris removal mission, ESA said. The contract has a value of 86 million.
ClearSpace will start ClearSpace-1, the first mission to remove space debris, in 2025, ESA said.
The aim of the mission is to pick up an upper Vega stage, the so-called Vespa, which has been left in space at an altitude of 660 to 800 kilometers…
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