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Dark is building a rocket-powered boxing glove to push debris out of orbit
Paris-based Dark Space is taking on the dual problems of debris and conflict in orbit with their mobile platform designed to launch, attach to, and
The three-year-old startup is developing Interceptor, a spacecraft that is essentially a rocket-powered boxing glove that can be launched on short order to gently punch a wayward object out of its orbit. Now the team is shifting its focus to developing the technologies needed for the type of unplanned, quick missions Interceptor will execute, like long distance detecting and tracking, autonomous flight algorithms, and a system for reliable controlled reentry. The team must also retrofit an aircraft — which Laheyne estimated could cost $50 million, or around the price of building a new launch pad — and have the entire platform ready for a demonstration mission in 2026.
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