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Old September 17th 20, 04:29 AM posted to sci.space.policy
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"The possibility of space mining has long captured the imagination and even
inspired business ventures. Now, a space startup in China is taking its first
steps towards testing capabilities to identify and extract off-Earth resources.

Origin Space, a Beijing-based private space resources company, is set to launch
its first ‘space mining robot’ in November. NEO-1 is a small (around 30 kilograms)
satellite intended to enter a 500-kilometer-altitude sun-synchronous orbit. It
will be launched by a Chinese Long March series rocket as a secondary payload.

This small spacecraft will not be doing actual mining; instead, it will be testing
technologies. “The goal is to verify and demonstrate multiple functions such as
spacecraft orbital maneuver, simulated small celestial body capture, intelligent
spacecraft identification and control,” says Yu Tianhong, an Origin Space co-
founder."

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https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/...ace-mining-bot
 




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