{"id":118,"date":"2013-01-19T19:19:32","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T19:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=118"},"modified":"2013-01-19T19:19:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-19T19:19:32","slug":"the-sling-sat-orbital-debris-removal-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=118","title":{"rendered":"The Sling-Sat orbital debris removal concept"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leonard David writes about the <a href=\"http:\/\/aero.tamu.edu\/news\/removing-space-debris-tamu-sweeper-sling-sat\" target=\"_d\">Sling-Sat<\/a> concept for space debris removal developed by Daniele Mortari and Jonathan Missel at Texas A&amp;M: <a href=\"http:\/\/spacecoalition.com\/blog\/%e2%80%9csling-sat%e2%80%9d-idea-for-removal-of-orbital-debris?doing_wp_cron\" target=\"_d\">\u201cSling-Sat\u201d Idea for Removal of Orbital Debris &#8211; Coalition for Space Exploration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The problem of space debris and the Sling-Sat debris removal system are depicted in this short film:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Aoow-t7qu7k?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leonard David writes about the Sling-Sat concept for space debris removal developed by Daniele Mortari and Jonathan Missel at Texas A&amp;M: \u201cSling-Sat\u201d Idea for Removal of Orbital Debris &#8211; Coalition for Space Exploration. 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