Clean up space by de-orbiting end-of-life satellites in a controlled manner and catching debris.
This, in order to avoid collisions creating new spatial “waste”.
But also refueling, carrying out maintenance operations or even changing the payload of a satellite in order to extend its operational life.
This is the goal of the future space “Darty van” being developed by Thales Alenia Space (TAS).
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At the end of 2021, the subsidiary of the Thales group and the Italian Leonardo successfully tested on the ground a first technological demonstrator of a space service agent, called Eross, developed in three years, with the support of the European Commission.
The project is taking a new step this year with the development of a second demonstrator, Eross+, which will be built in Cannes, in order to be tested in orbit in 2026.
Eross+ comes in the form of a small, agile, autonomous, and very manoeuvrable hexagonal-shaped satellite…
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