ClearSpace-1
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The ClearSpace-1 (ClearSpace One) mission is an ESA Space debris removal mission led by ClearSpace SA, a Swiss startup company. The mission's objective is to remove the PROBA-1 satellite from orbit. The mission aims to demonstrate technologies for rendezvous, capture, and deorbit for end-of-life satellites and to build a path to space junk remediation. Destructive reentry will destroy both the captured satellite and itself. It is expected to launch in 2028. thumb|300x300px|Proposed ESA Space Safety Fleet, 2025
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The ClearSpace-1 (ClearSpace One) mission is an ESA Space debris removal mission led by ClearSpace SA, a Swiss startup company. The mission's objective is to remove the PROBA-1 satellite from orbit. The mission aims to demonstrate technologies for rendezvous, capture, and deorbit for end-of-life satellites and to build a path to space junk remediation. Destructive reentry will destroy both the captured satellite and itself. It is expected to launch in 2028. thumb|300x300px|Proposed ESA Space Safety Fleet, 2025
== Overview == In 2019, the company won a tender for a ESA's Space Safety Programme contract in the Active Debris Removal/In-Orbit Servicing (ADRIOS) project. ClearSpace-1's original target was the VESPA payload adapter from the 2013 Vega flight VV02. In April 2024, the target was changed to the PROBA-1 satellite. The mission contract, worth 86 million euros, was signed in November 2020. ClearSpace-1 was expected to be launched in the second half of 2026 on a Vega-C launch vehicle. ClearSpace-1 was expected to be launched in 2028.