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Seoul Targets Space Junk With Robotic Arm Technology
South Korea plans to launch an active debris removal satellite in 2027 aboard the sixth flight of its Nuri rocket. The spacecraft, led by the Satellite Technology Research Center at KAIST, is designed to track, approach, capture, and deorbit defunct satellites or other orbital debris. The mission aims to demonstrate approach, capture, and disposal guidance, with Wooribyul-3, a 1999 Korean satellite, as the likely first target. This development was reported by Chosunbiz and other Korean outlets, according to Unknown Source.