27 November 2017
ASTROSCALE and SSTL join forces to get rid of space debris
... to improve anytime soon. Trying to tackle the burgeoning issue of keeping the skies above our planet clear is ASTROSCALE Ltd, who have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) to pursue joint...
05 November 2018
Astroscale secures $50 million to clean low Earth orbit
... making plans for the establishment of an entity in the US in 2019. The capital raised in this round will allow Astroscale to successfully achieve these exciting goals. Approximately 750,000 pieces of space debris over one centimeter in diameter...
16 October 2019
Astroscale takes next step toward launch of world’s first commercial active debris removal mission
....” The AIT phase will be followed by environmental testing and conclude with launch. During the assembly phase, Astroscale will integrate subsystem equipment onto the satellite structure, including power, attitude control, propulsion, thermal control...
07 November 2019
SSTL ships target satellite to Tokyo for Astroscale’s ELSA-d mission
... mission. We are looking forward to following the in-orbit operations of this milestone mission.” Nobu Okada, Founder & CEO of Astroscale, said “We are excited to receive SSTL’s Target satellite here at our Tokyo headquarters as we take the next step...
14 February 2020
Astrocale and JAXA team up for the agency's first debris removal project
... its ELSA-d mission under CRD2 and other ongoing projects with government and industry. Most recently, Astroscale was awarded a grant of up to US $4.5 million from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s “Innovation Tokyo Project” to build a roadmap for...
19 March 2021
World's first commercial space debris removal demo set for launch
... manufacturing, space risks being over-exploited and under-managed, to the detriment of everyone,” said John Auburn, Astroscale's UK managing director and Co-Chair of the UKspace In-orbit services and manufacturing (IOSM) working group. Space junk...
