D-Orbit, a young company based in US and Europe, is developing a dedicated Decommissioning Device that will remove satellites at their end-of-life in a quick, safe and controlled way. Today they launched with full sucess their first device.

1. Validation in orbit of Command and Control Unit of the first
decommissioning device for satellites
Current systematic increase of concentration of defunct objects around the Earth may
become a bottle-neck for future development of space activities and impacts
negatively on commercial space exploitation and especially to the whole human
society.
D-Orbit, a young company based in US and Europe, is developing a dedicated
Decommissioning Device that will remove satellites at their end-of-life in a quick, safe
and controlled way. D-Orbit Decommissioning Device has been validated on ground,
qualified for launch and on 21st of November 2013, at 7am, the “brain” of the device,
named ALICE-2, will be launched in space for validation from the Russian base at Yasni,
where the DNEPR launcher will insert ALICE-2 payload in orbit. This is an important
milestone in order to consequently put the device into market and ensure a clean and
safe access to space.
The launch, you can see it here: