Catcher's Mitt
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A DARPA study on removing human-made debris from Earth orbit.
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Catcher's Mitt
Catcher's Mitt was a study begun in 2009 by the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). It examined the issues and challenges involved in removing human-made debris from Earth orbit. DARPA intended to use the study to assess whether it should invest additional resources in orbital-debris removal and, if so, how to do so most effectively.
- Conducted by
- United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- Purpose
- To better understand challenges in removing human-made debris from Earth orbit
- Planned use
- To determine whether and how DARPA should invest in orbital debris removal
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Catcher's Mitt (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q139937639
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By NASA image. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia CommonsNASA image, NASA Orbital Debris Program Office, photo galleryModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
- Popularity
- 2 median daily views (Wikimedia Pageviews API (all-access, user agent))
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