The RemoveDEBRIS mission, led by the Surrey Space Center in Guilford (England) and with the support of the European Commission, will begin in 2017 and its objective will be to test different systems for the collection of cosmic garbage, stored over the years and which has reached the not inconsiderable amount of 7,000 tons of weight.
Among the garbage collection systems to be tested in space is a net and a harpoon.
Experts want to do away with space debris that can pose a danger to both technology and manned space missions, so the small cubic satellite will test these low-cost technologies.
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In addition, the mission will test a VBN visual navigation system to remotely drag old, dormant satellites to places where they can completely disintegrate.
