Launchspace Technologies Corporation is a commercial space services company focused on ensuring national security and spaceflight safety. They specialize in technologies for space traffic management, orbital debris tracking and removal, and space domain awareness, offering a comprehensive solution to prevent potential collisions and protect space infrastructure. Launchspace is developing a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Cislunar sensor constellation to detect, track and identify resident space objects. The company collaborates with major aerospace contractors and has a NASA Space Act Agreement for orbital debris technology development.
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Launchspace Technologies unveiled plans in 2017 to send Debris Collection Units into equatorial orbits.
Launchspace Technologies is developing an equatorial low-Earth-orbit constellation of satellites equipped with sensors to track other satellites in low-Earth and geostationary orbit and to monitor orbital debris and other threats.
Under the terms of the contract to host Launchspace Technologies’ hardware on Bartolomeo, Launchspace Technologies is paying fees to house its technology while Airbus is not charging for transportation, astronaut crew time, and other ISS resources.
Launchspace Technologies plans a second constellation of debris-collection satellites operating between 600 and 1,200 km to collect pieces of orbital debris large enough to hurt satellites but too small to be tracked with ground-based sensors.
Launchspace Technologies plans to test its multilayer debris-collection technology for 12 months on Bartolomeo beginning in 2022.
Launchspace Technologies won support from Airbus to test its debris-collection technology on the International Space Station’s Bartolomeo platform.
Launchspace Technologies Corp. has a contract dated 2020-10-28 to test its Orbital Debris Collection and Spacecraft Shielding payload for 12 months on the International Space Station Bartolomeo platform.