 | This article needs to be updated. (January 2017) |
| Mission type | Active debris removal |
|---|---|
| Operator | ESA |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Launch mass | 1,600 kilograms (3,500 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 2025 (planned)[1] |
| Rocket | Vega |
| Launch site | ELA-1, Guiana Space Centre |
| Contractor | Arianespace |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbit (planned) |
| Capture of derelict satellite | |
e.Deorbit was a planned European Space Agency active space debris removal mission developed as a part of their Clean Space initiative.[2][3] The launch was planned for 2025 on board a Vega launch vehicle.[1][4][5] Funding of the mission was stopped in 2018[6] in favor of the ClearSpace-1 mission, which is now under development.[7]
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- ^ "From Active Debris Removal To In-Orbit Servicing: THE LEGACY OF e.Deorbit". 26 November 2018.
- ^ ESA commissions world’s first space debris removal