space debris cleaning mission

[bearnard55]

Today space debris became rather an important issue to be solved in the space exploration area. That is why a lot of space companies wanna make some ``cleaning`` missions to clean the Earth`s orbit from this space junk. So could you please name some ``cleaning`` missions which are about to be launched in the nearest time?
 

[Vmedvil2]

10 hours ago, bearnard55 said:

Today space debris became rather an important issue to be solved in the space exploration area. That is why a lot of space companies wanna make some ``cleaning`` missions to clean the Earth`s orbit from this space junk. So could you please name some ``cleaning`` missions which are about to be launched in the nearest time?
 

There are a bunch of missions from different agencies and companies I cannot name them all but a quick google searched has yielded.

Link = https://www.google.com/search?q=space+cleaning+mission+list&sxsrf=ALeKk033DgfC3Ih_Xzpuk0CNTc3htdrPow:1629499515850&ei=ezAgYdSYM5uFtQbalq6wBw&start=10&sa=N&ved=2ahUKEwiUwrbe1sDyAhWbQs0KHVqLC3YQ8tMDegQIARA2&biw=1366&bih=657

[bearnard55]

I wanna mention one of them. The Clearspace-1 satellite or the Claw mission. A Swiss start-up ClearSpace was authorised by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2019 to lead a European effort of developing the necessary technology for the successful removal of unwanted space items. The launch is scheduled for launch in 2025 https://www.skyrora.com/blog/uk-space-news

[SylviaSwanson]

Now there are more than seven tons of space debris in space, which is not so much for the space, but for us, even this amount can create problems and accidents. Kessler Syndrome is a theoretical development of events in near-earth orbit when space debris resulting from numerous launches of artificial satellites, makes near-earth space completely unsuitable for practical use. In short, when two particles of debris make up several. Therefore, this problem already exists. There are already several ideas for solving these problems, such as vacuum cleaners, laser magnets,s, and others. But also don't forget that there are similar problems on Earth. I liked the ambitions of Dragonfly, an environmental company that is interested in these issues and has already managed to create technologies, more info about you can read on their website. 

Edited September 8, 2021 by SashaM

[bearnard55]

18 hours ago, SashaM said:

Now there are more than seven tons of space debris in space, which is not so much for the space, but for us, even this amount can create problems and accidents. Kessler Syndrome is a theoretical development of events in near-earth orbit when space debris resulting from numerous launches of artificial satellites, makes near-earth space completely unsuitable for practical use. In short, when two particles of debris make up several. Therefore, this problem already exists. There are already several ideas for solving these problems, such as vacuum cleaners, laser magnets,s, and others. But also don't forget that there are similar problems on Earth. I liked the ambitions of Dragonfly, an environmental company that is interested in these issues and has already managed to create technologies, read more 

Yeah, space debris became a real issue today. The big number of space junk can damage expensive spacecrafts The growing number of space items can lead to the state where he object density is so high that one collision is enough to generate a cascade effect, leading to further collisions.