16 October 2019
Astroscale takes next step toward launch of world’s first commercial active debris removal mission
...Founder and CEO. “ELSA-d is an important step in proving the technology necessary to mitigate the threat from space debris, but it is only one aspect of what Astroscale is doing to solve this issue. In addition to developing groundbreaking technology...
05 November 2018
Astroscale secures $50 million to clean low Earth orbit
... raised in this round will allow Astroscale to successfully achieve these exciting goals. Approximately 750,000 pieces of space debris over one centimeter in diameter are orbiting the Earth, threatening the safety of active spacecraft. Given this...
March 2015
SERC wants us all to get to grips with space junk
...elite public and private sector resources in the absence of any major government-funded initiative for space debris. In Australia, excellent space debris research outcomes had emerged over 20 years from a series of PPP between government and industry...
07 November 2019
SSTL ships target satellite to Tokyo for Astroscale’s ELSA-d mission
...thank SSTL for the commitment to ELSA-d and for working together to address the ongoing buildup of hazardous space debris in low Earth orbit.” ELSA-d is scheduled to launch in 2020 on a Soyuz from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. SSTL is at the...
October 2015
Down to Earth: how to deorbit satellites and save money
... occupation and insurance premiums. A 2009 ESA simulation shows how crowded Geostationary Earth Orbit would be in 2112 if space debris is not dealt with more effectively Similar challenges not only affect LEO and large constellations of satellites...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... and remove the threat posed by non-functional or ‘dead’ satellites. The dangers posed by the current preponderance of space debris have been well documented, while increasing the numbers of satellites serves only to increase the risk of a serious...
