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Canadian firm builds satellites to track space trash
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An illustration shows a space debris-tracking satellite that is under construction by Canadian firm NorthStar. Image courtesy of NorthStar
An illustration depicts orbital debris, or space trash, above the Earth. Image courtesy of European Space Agency
March 11 (UPI) A Canadian startup plans to launch the first-ever commercial fleet of satellites designed to track dangerous space trash in 2022.
Montreal-based NorthStar Earth & Space has three of its Skylark satellites under construction for the new network, which eventually will number about 52 spacecraft.
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The fleet would be the first of its kind to track space trash from space, rather than from ground-based radar or other technology.