Swiss craft janitor satellites to grab space junk


A handout image released by Swiss Space Center shows an artist's impression of a CleanSpace One satelite chasing a piece of debris. The Swiss Space Center at the Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne (EPFL) announced today the launch of CleanSpace One, a project to develop and build the first installment of a family of satellites specially designed to clean up space debris.

The tidy Swiss want to clean up space. Swiss scientists said Wednesday they plan to launch a "janitor satellite" specially designed to get rid of orbiting debris known as space junk.

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