Net Captures Space Debris

RemoveDEBRIS mission was launched aboard SpaceX CRS-14 on 2 April 2018. The main satellite platform (~100kg) was deployed from the International Space Station on 20 June 2018.

For RemoveDEBRIS Net Experiment, a target CubeSat (DS-1) was ejected at a low velocity and inflated a balloon to provide a larger target area. A net (produced by Airbus DS) was ejected from the platform when DS-1 was at 7 m distance.

RemoveDEBRIS’s net wrapped around the target on 16 September 2018 and the CubeSat was left to deorbit at an accelerated rate.

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