Japan made 'satellite suicide' kamikaze

Japanese scientists are planning to build a kind of kamikaze (named after the pilots of Shen Feng in World War II), tasked with cleaning up debris in the universe.

According to JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Agency, kamikaze type weighing about 140kg, is equipped with mechatronic mechanisms to capture and bind debris in the universe, to create a safe space. for flight and operation of artificial satellites.

The task of kamikaze satellite is to patrol the space, detect, reach and capture debris generated during the launch of spacecraft or flying objects (satellites).

After that, the kamikaze will join the debris towards the earth and ignite in the atmosphere due to friction with the air. This is why this type of satellite is named kamikaze.

There are thousands of objects flying out of space.

JAXA announced, the new satellite costs about 4 million USD. They believe that the price is not expensive but reasonable and in accordance with the safety needs of countries with advanced space exploration programs.

On February 10, a US private satellite of Iridium Satellite LLC crashed into a satellite that stopped operating for more than 10 years in Russia. This is the world's first collision in the universe.

A month later (March 13), three astronauts working on the International Space Station (ISS) were evacuated to the connecting Russian Soyuz ship, fearing that the station might crash into a debris. Space.

The launch of the rocket launches artificial satellites, space telescopes and space exploration ships that have left countless pieces flying above the atmosphere. Along with monitoring devices, telecommunications satellites, remote sensing has stopped working . these pieces become increasingly dangerous for expensive equipment operating in space.

A statistic of the US Aerospace Agency, NASA, shows that there are 13,000 large-sized 10cm objects suspended out of space. Among them, only more than 1,000 objects are active and moving in its "term".