A SMALL Singaporean company has developed a prototype of a machine that could hold the key to removing man-made junk from outer space.

ASTROSCALE, a start-up with about 50 employees, hopes a market will grow for its "Adras-1", and that satellite operators will seek to protect their expensive machinery as space becomes more crowded with orbiting junk.

Originally published as "Adras-1" aims to rid outer space of junk