ClearSpace, founded in 2018, is an in-orbit servicing company focused on developing technologies for space debris removal and sustainable space operations. They are building capabilities for a range of in-orbit services, including debris disposal, satellite life extension, in-orbit transport, inspection, repair, and recycling. ClearSpace's major partners and customers include the European Space Agency (ESA) and the UK Space Agency, with whom they are working on active debris removal missions like ClearSpace-1 and CLEAR. Associated keywords: space debris removal, in-orbit servicing, active debris removal (ADR), space sustainability, robotics, ESA, UK Space Agency.
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ClearSpace was awarded a £2.2 million contract by the UK Space Agency to conduct the design phase of the CLEAR mission.
The U.S. Space Force is building a gateway site at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska to operate two new polar communications payloads scheduled to launch in 2023 on a Space Norway mission.
The United Kingdom awarded three feasibility study contracts last year with a combined value of £1 million to consortia led by Astroscale, ClearSpace, and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.
The U.K. government awarded three contracts with a combined value of about £1 million last year to consortia led by Astroscale, ClearSpace, and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. for initial feasibility studies on active debris removal.
Clear Space Force Station near Fairbanks, Alaska hosts a long-range discrimination radar constructed by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to track ballistic missiles.
U.S. Space Force units will begin operating the long-range discrimination radar at Clear Space Force Station in 2023.
The Pentagon’s 2023 budget request includes $68,000,000 to build dormitories for troops expected to be permanently based at Clear Space Force Station.
The European Space Agency awarded ClearSpace a $104,000,000 contract to launch a mission to remove a debris object from orbit in 2025.
ClearSpace is part of the SSTL-led consortium called LEOPARD (Low Earth Orbit Pursuit for Active Debris Removal).
The UK Space Agency awarded Astroscale and ClearSpace contracts totaling $1,000,000 to study a mission to remove two spacecraft from low Earth orbit by 2025.
Astroscale and ClearSpace are allowed to select which two spacecraft to remove under the UK Space Agency study contracts provided the spacecraft were sent to orbit under a U.K. license.
ClearSpace is developing target sensors, navigation, and capture robotics and will work with partners including Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd., Deimos Space UK, and Satellite Applications Catapult.
The UK Space Agency awarded funding to Astroscale and ClearSpace to research a UK-led mission to remove junk from space.
Consortiums led by ClearSpace and Astroscale received just under £700,000 between them to complete mission feasibility studies by the end of March.
The European Space Agency invested 86,000,000 EUR in ClearSpace-1, which is due to take place in 2025.
ClearSpace secured a first round of funding of four million Swiss francs in addition to 86,000,000 EUR that the European Space Agency invested in the ClearSpace-1 debris removal mission.
Under the Active Debris Removal Phase 0-A Feasibility Study funded by the UK Space Agency, Astroscale and ClearSpace are tasked with researching how to de-orbit two defunct satellites that were not built with retrieval and removal in mind.
The European Space Agency selected Swiss startup ClearSpace-1 to attempt a debris removal mission currently planned for 2025.
LeoLabs intends its data to support future debris removal services by highlighting the riskiest satellites or pieces of debris and helping companies like ClearSpace and Astroscale build removal business cases.
ClearSpace plans to launch a spacecraft in 2025 to remove a Vega rocket upper stage that was left in orbit in 2013 with funding from ADRIOS.