China Uses Drag Sail to Clear Up Space Junk Successfully

China Uses Drag Sail to Clear Up Space Junk Successfully

2 years ago
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http://www.newsweek.com/chinese-space-sail-removes-space-junk-orbit-1722670

Chinese space scientists have said they successfully used a huge space sail to remove debris from Earth's orbit.

Announced by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology on July 6, the huge sail was launched and was successfully used to deorbit the Long March 2 rocket.