How do you clean up space junk? | Newsround

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Published on September 21, 2018 4:18:01 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0TpAMWVxlA

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Check out this satellite that can clean up space rubbish from Earth's orbit

It's not just here on planet earth that litter is a problem. So experts have fired a huge net into space as part of a plan to clean up the millions of pieces of rubbish floating around in the Earth's orbit.

It was fired by a satellite called RemoveDEBRIS which will also try to use a harpoon - which is like a huge spear - to grab space junk.

Pictures from BBC/NASA/ESA/Oleg Artemyev/ISS

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