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Feb 16, 2012, 11:06 GMT

Swiss plan to send waste-disposal satellite into space
Lausanne, Switzerland - Swiss engineers want to remove man-made waste from space, by building a vehicle that would grab old satellites orbiting the earth, the Swiss Space Center announced Wednesday in Lausanne. ... more

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Swiss plan to send waste-disposal satellite into space

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