... and both non-tumbling and tumbling capture. ELSA-d will be operated from the newly-developed National In-orbit Servicing Control Centre Facility based at the Satellite Applications Catapult in Harwell, UK. The Control Centre is being developed...
... for small launch, from upstream payload manufacture, launch and in-orbit services to downstream data capture, analysis and distribution. The UK has previously attracted Virgin Orbit for horizontal launch and the addition of Astraius underscores the...
... technology building blocks, is planned as a catalyst for the development of commercially viable disposal services and other in-orbit services. Astroscale, based at the Harwell Space Cluster in Oxfordshire, UK, was awarded £1.7 million ($1.84 million...
... of thousands of satellite launches planned in the coming years. Astroscale is already the category leader in the global on-orbit servicing market. Its founder and CEO Nobu Okada is credited worldwide as a key figure in galvanising the space industry...
... processing and data assimilation. The technologies in question will also serve as the basis of future in-orbit servicing or refuelling services for satellites. Asteroid Impact Mission Novel technology is what does the most to create new applications...
...a few kilometres of an expended rocket body. Concepts are also being developed using sensors for inspection of spacecraft. On-orbit servicing, including autonomous docking, was demonstrated by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA...