binormal t1_j51ntwn wrote on January 19, 2023 at 7:49 PM Reply to comment by PandaEven3982 in ClearSpace raises $29 million ahead of first debris removal mission by sillychillly What? From the article: >This mission will see the ClearSpace use a spacecraft with four articulated arms to de-orbit part of a Vega rocket from low Earth orbit (LEO). Assuming they're deorbiting the third stage, which has a dry mass of 1315 kg, they would be collecting about 1.315 metric tonnes of garbage. Permalink Parent 6
binormal t1_j51el6d wrote on January 19, 2023 at 6:52 PM Reply to comment by PandaEven3982 in ClearSpace raises $29 million ahead of first debris removal mission by sillychillly This mission is just about de-orbiting debris, not trying to capture materials for reuse... Permalink Parent 8
binormal t1_j51ntwn wrote
Reply to comment by PandaEven3982 in ClearSpace raises $29 million ahead of first debris removal mission by sillychillly
What? From the article:
>This mission will see the ClearSpace use a spacecraft with four articulated arms to de-orbit part of a Vega rocket from low Earth orbit (LEO).
Assuming they're deorbiting the third stage, which has a dry mass of 1315 kg, they would be collecting about 1.315 metric tonnes of garbage.