It was originally launched to release a satellite back in 2013, and since then has been aimlessly drifting around the Earth, like so much other derelict space junk. How much would you be willing to spend to remove a piece of space debris? Does $102 million sound like enough? That is how much a contract between the European Space Agency ( ESA) and a Swiss start-up named ClearSpace SA is worth, and the entire contract is to simply remove a single piece of space debris.Īdmittedly it is a rather large piece of debris – the Vega Secondary Payload Adapter (Vespa) payload adapter weighs in at 112 kilograms (247 pounds).
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