Deposit System and Space Trucks Target Space Debris Reduction

Space debris is a real problem.  As more and more launches are happening (without any “real” plan for dealing with the satellites once they’ve reached their end of life), there needs to be some thought given to how to better manage the near earth orbital space. 

Money paid for launching, with an eye on cleaning up later is a reasonable step. 

But I’m mostly intrigued by the idea of cleaning the satellites up … and disposing of them somehow. I’m not entirely clear what would happen once the discards are picked up. 

But I’ll take steps forward. 

 

https://www.chosun.com/english/industry-en/2026/10/21/BVHBSE47H5DWDILR2N2BLGFQJQ/