Portal Space Systems, a company developing maneuverable spacecraft, is partnering with an Australian startup to offer a commercial debris removal service.

Space around Earth is filling with discarded hardware, shattered fragments and derelict satellites just as governments and companies race to launch thousands more spacecraft. The risk is no longer ...

(Nanowerk News) Space debris is one of the biggest challenges to the safe operation of satellites and future rocket launches, which can be damaged by it. The amount of debris in space is constantly ...

Portal Space Systems is partnering with Paladin Space on a commercial service that would round up and dispose of orbital ...

In 2020, the European Space Agency signed a contract with Swiss start-up ClearSpace SA to "purchase a unique service: the ...

Debris from moonbound spacecraft has left craters on the lunar surface since the U.S. Apollo missions. But the moon is not ...

Space debris as a research area focuses on the characterization, modeling, monitoring, and mitigation of artificial objects orbiting Earth that are no longer functional, including defunct satellites, ...

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The problem of overcrowding orbits and increasing space debris has never been more urgent. International organizations, policy makers, regulators, space operators and researchers are recognizing how ...

Space debris, consisting of dead satellites and rocket parts, is a growing concern for India, with 129 trackable pieces ...