Space is getting more crowded—and sometimes, objects go missing. But there is at least one way of finding lost space junk. I recently had the chance to talk to Jeff Shadix, Vice President of Space Surveillance and Systems at Slingshot Aerospace, about a real-world mission to track down a lost Russian satellite in medium Earth orbit.

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