JAPANESE COMPANY TO DEORBIT A BIG HUNK OF SPACE JUNK BY 2029
The mission will target an outof-control rocket stage
Reported by Tereza Pultarova
© Science Photo Library; Astroscale
Japanese space-sustainability company Astroscale just inked a deal to take a bus-sized J rocket stage out of orbit by the end of the decade. The pioneering project, funded by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), is a continuation of Astroscale’s ADRAS-J mission, which recently completed an up-close orbital inspection of a 12-year-old upper stage of a Japanese H-IIA rocket.