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...
17 September 2018
IAI and Effective Space in technological and financial cooperation
... design. Effective Space is developing a unique, small spacecraft to extend the life of satellites in orbit, based on the vision to provide logistics services in the rapidly growing space economy. To this end, it has developed a unique and patented...
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...
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...
April 2024
Unlocking the NewSpace economy through space-based solar power
... designed to be maintained. SBSP will be designed for this and help to pave the way for new international in-orbit service standards and industry-standard interfaces. As these space shipping containers arrive at the SPS construction site, they...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... and transparency, global standards and legally binding agreements, end of life protocols, active debris removal, in-orbit servicing, in-space recycling, less polluting spacecraft materials, and raising public and stakeholder awareness. Detecting and...
