UK Launches Bid to Build Spaceship to Clean up Space Junk

UK planning to build new robotic spaceship to hoover up rubbish floating above us - Daily Star

The bid, worth £75.6million would see a newly-built spaceship capture two out-of-use satellites as well as helping to clear up 'space debris' floating among the stars

UK launches bid to build spaceship to clean up space junk

The spacecraft would guide the defunct satellites into Earth’s atmosphere, where they will burn up.

UK Space Agency invites firms to bid for £75m space debris mission

The UK Space Agency is inviting firms to bid for a major new procurement contract, worth £75.6m, in an effort to tackle the “growing threat of space debris”. The Active Debris Removal mission’s goal is to capture and safely de-orbit two non-functioning British satellites from low Earth orbit. The agency said these defunct satellites currently pose threats to so essential services including GPS, weather forecasting and emergency communications. A…

UK Space Agency set to clean up space debris and safeguard services

The UK Space Agency has launched a £75.6m procurement process to tackle the growing threat of space debris. Discover more here.

UK launches tender for mission to clean up space and safeguard vital services

The UK Space Agency has launched a major new procurement process to tackle the growing threat of space debris. The UK Space Agency has launched a major new procurement process to tackle the growing threat of space debris, initiating a £75.6 million tender for the nation's first mission to actively remove defunct satellites from orbit.