RemoveDebris: Operation space clean-up

The proliferation of space debris represents a time-bomb, as we are seeing with the return to Earth of the remains of the Tiangong-1 “Celestial Palace” spacecraft. The European project RemoveDEBRIS is designed to test – in real situations – techniques for eliminating this debris. The “hunter” satellite developed for this purpose was successfully launched on April 2 from the base at Cape Canaveral (USA). CSEM is lending its “eyes” to this mission, which is a European “first”.