Orbital robots will be launched on Musk's rockets next year.
In order to support satellites and sort out space litter, Rogue Space Systems has four robots in the production line.
The space industry is concerned with debris from outer space. As more launches occur, more junk is floating in space. The risks have been created by this. There are some objects that reenter the Earth's atmosphere.
According to Jeromy Grimmett, the founder and CEO of Rogue, there is a solution to this problem.
He said that they built R2D2 but for real.
According to Grimmett, the two launches on the SpaceX rockets will each take two robot onboard. There will be two launches later, one with ULA and the other with the US Space Force, both with one of the robot on board.
The company didn't reply to the request for comment. The launches were confirmed by exolaunch.
Grimmett said there would be two launches in May and February.
The robots were named after people who were close to them. Barry was named after a bat in the office.
Grimmett said that they were trying to put a bit of themselves into each robot.
Barry will be the first robot to leave the ground. Grimmett said it will inspect and monitor objects or use a satellite to keep an eye on it once it's in the air.
Grimmett said that Laura is the space robot that Rogue is most excited about.
Grimmett said that Charlie will have the same abilities as Laura.
Grimmett said that Fred will have four robotic arms and be able to move satellites and other objects from one location to another.
Grimmett said that some of the robots will attach tethers to an object and drag it down into the atmosphere. This process makes the object descend quicker. He said that an object that took three years to deorbit would take eight months.
The European Space Agency says there are over 130 million pieces of space debris on the Earth. When these objects collide, they can create even more debris, making the space-junk problem worse.
Grimmett said that they were putting up the rockets all over the world. We don't have enough time to clean up after ourselves.
He said it's not all doom and gloom. They have end-of-life plans so they don't end up turning into their own space debris if the situation gets out of control.
Four robots is not enough to clean up all the litter. Grimmett said that they would continue to build as many as the Space Force and their customers needed.
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