https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/japan-successfully-launches-its-iss-cargo-freighter/ Fri, 09 Dec 2016 17:14:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/japan-successfully-launches-its-iss-cargo-freighter/#comment-951000 Fri, 09 Dec 2016 17:14:43 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=43160#comment-951000 Another interesting aspect of this flight is the deployment of a system to collect and de-orbit space junk, using a 700-meter-long tether http://phys.org/news/2016-12-japan-space-junk-collector.html

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