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...
September 2017
Measuring space debris risk
... is required on the sub-two centimetre population in order to validate and improve debris modelling. One interesting programme is Astroscale’s IDEA OSG1 small satellite, which will use two Space Debris Monitors supplied by the Japanese Space...
November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
... Technologies, based in Hokkaido, Japan, is building a small launcher comparable to those of Rocket Lab or PLD Space. Astroscale, a company based in Singapore but run by a Japanese entrepreneur, is planning to develop debris-monitoring satellites and...
February 2018
Are we asking the right questions about space debris?
...and (4) altitude of the centre of the cluster (i.e., high enough so that debris produced would be long-lived). ASTROSCALE and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) are working on a first joint demonstration mission to simulate orbital debris ...
