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 ...
January 2020
Satellite-based IoT - the race is on
... nanosatellites in orbit by the end of 2023. A 16 kg Target satellite built in the UK by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd for Astroscale’s End-of-Life Services demonstration (ELSA-d) mission due for launch in 2020. The mission is designed to simulate...
May 2020
An ethical code for living in space
... of future generations, but this time we will begin with a code of ethics prior to settlement. In mid-February 2020 Astroscale, a market-leader in developing technology and services to remove space debris and secure long-term orbital sustainability...
September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
... be the first space mission to actually remove a debris item from orbit; it is planned for launch in 2025. ADRAS-J, by Astroscale and JAXA, is another technology demonstration mission, planned for 2022, which will focus on data acquisition on the...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
... space safe for everybody. These companies include Kayhan Space, Vyoma, Slingshot Aerospace, Privateer Space, LeoLabs, Astroscale. The Pentagon s SDA has been soliciting pitches for technologies that will be used to build a network of satellites...
