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China launches robot prototype capable of catching space debris with net Reuters 1 hr ago © Reuters/TINGSHU WANG FILE PHOTO: China marks its Space Day BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese space mining start-up launched into low Earth orbit on Tuesday a robot prototype that can scoop up debris left behind by other spacecraft with a big net. The NEO-01, which will also peer into deep space to observe small celestial bodies, was launched on the government's Long March 6 rocket along with a handful of satellites, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The 30kg robot developed by Shenzhen-based O...

Chinese company launches prototype space mining spacecraft Tue 27th April 2021 | 05:30 PM GUANGZHOU, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 27th Apr, 2021 ) :A prototype space mining spacecraft was sent into its planned orbit on Tuesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The spacecraft NEO-01, developed by Chinese commercial aerospace company Origin Space Co., Ltd., was among a total of nine satellites sent into space by a Long March-6 rocket on Tuesday. Su Meng, founder of Origin Space, said experiments will be carried out to test the spacecraft's capab...

2021-04-27 12:35:51 GMT2021-04-27 20:35:51(Beijing Time) Xinhua English GUANGZHOU, April 27 (Xinhua) -- A prototype space mining spacecraft was sent into its planned orbit on Tuesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The spacecraft NEO-01, developed by Chinese commercial aerospace company Origin Space Co., Ltd., was among a total of nine satellites sent into space by a Long March-6 rocket on Tuesday. Su Meng, founder of Origin Space, said experiments will be carried out to test the spacecraft's capabilities in asteroid mining and space debris re...