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RemoveDEBRIS: success for harpoon experiment

Submit on Sunday, February 17th, 2019 22:58

RemoveDEBRIS successfully fired a harpoon on 8 February 2018 at a speed of 20 metres per second and penetrated a target made of satellite panel material. The harpoon and 1.5 metre target boom were designed by a team at Airbus in Stevenage UK.

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