A new report states that scientists have come up with a new way to help the Earth's stratosphere get rid of the growing amount of space junk - fitting disused satellites. They have found out the solution to get such satellites out of the orbit and burn them in space.

It has been reported that researchers from the University of Surrey have been working on the TechDemoSat-1 de-orbit sail from past three years to resolve this issue of congestion. Researchers said that they have been funded by the European Space Agency in this project.

Researchers revealed that this sail has been made with a Kapton material and is just one thousandth of an inch or 25 micron thick, the 5X5 meter. They said that it will open within minutes of a satellite becoming inactive.

This sail has been designed for satellites in low orbit approximately 400km above the surface of earth. The main aim of the sail is to guide other satellites in space, reducing the risk of collision with other satellites. This will further help in cutting the build-up of extra-terrestrial debris.

Usually, the inactive satellites can remain in orbit for up to a century, but the sail has been designed that can pull such satellites to their destruction in just 25 years.