19 March 2021
World's first commercial space debris removal demo set for launch
... Centre National Facility (IOCC); a facility the company says is the first mission control centre dedicated to in-orbit servicing. “In-orbit servicing and manufacturing capabilities are fundamental to long term space sustainability. Without effective...
August 2017
On-orbit assembly will deliver major benefits in coming decade
...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...
29 September 2022
UK gives space junk clearance missions priority funding
... 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...
25 November 2021
Astroscale secures multi-million dollar investment from Seraphim
... 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...
September 2016
Preparing the future: the right technology at the right time
... 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...
November 2021
Space insurance and the future of risk management
... Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) docked with the Intelsat 901 communications satellite marking a new era of in-orbit servicing (IOS). The MEV is designed to assist up to eight spacecraft over a 15-year operational lifetime. IOS could prove...
