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Swiss to Launch ‘Janitor Satellite’

CLEAN IT UP

$11M ‘CleanSpace One’ to rid of space junk.

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Leave it to the Swiss to always be cleaning up everyone else’s mess. Switzerland is taking the matters of outer space into its own intergalactic hands, announcing Wednesday that it will launch an $11 million “janitor satellite” to sweep up an ever-dirtying outer space.

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