Swiss-based ClearSpace can continue working towards a 2026 launch of its four-armed satellite thanks to a vote of confidence from the European Space Agency.
The European Space Agency has successfully unfurled a sail aboard a used cubesat to help drag the spacecraft down into Earth s atmosphere and out of orbit.
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The Drag Augmentation Deorbiting System is a 38-square-foot sail that's designed to deorbit satellites at the end of their lives and it appears to work.