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Japanese space lasers plan to show aims to clean up orbital junk
Date: 2024-01-31 [theregister.co.uk]

Zap it and trap it like a cosmic Marie Kondo, but will everyone approve?

A Japanese company wants to remove debris from Earth orbit by using a satellite-mounted laser to decelerate an object such as a defunct satellite so it gradually descends towards the atmosphere and burns up.
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