August 22, 2014
Categories: Roscosmos, Russia, Satellites, Space
Roscosmos to Design Space Orbit Cleaner

Russian Space Agency plans to design a space device to clean geostationary orbit from dead satellites and upper stages.

According to the spokesman Roscosmos is likely to need about 10,8 billion rubles for this purpose. The device with a code name Liquidator may be developed by 2025.

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