written by jason rainbow, on may 4th, 2022
who: astroscale, sweedish specialist ecaps which is owned by us-based bradford space, bradford space ceo ian fichtenbaum, astroscale chief technology officer mike lindsay,
what: a satellite made to clean up space debris and old satellites lost function of four thrusters but still moved on successfully with parts of its mission
when: 2022, 2021
why: to clean up the orbits around earth
where: tampa, florida
interesting fact: the satellite used a magnetic device to rendezvous with the other satellite to move it to a trash orbit
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