Astroscale is a public, on-orbit servicing company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, committed to the safe and sustainable development of space. As the first private company dedicated to in-orbit servicing across all orbits, Astroscale develops innovative solutions for end-of-life services, active debris removal, in-situ space situational awareness, and life extension of satellites. They work with government and commercial stakeholders like JAXA, U.S. Space Force, ESA, and OneWeb to develop norms and technologies for responsible space operations, aiming to mitigate the growing hazard of space debris.
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Astroscale's system achieves zero-relative rotation without constant thruster corrections.
The Quiver collaboration builds on a year of strong international momentum for Open Cosmos, which includes a recent 5.8 million euro mission Orpheus with Astroscale UK and a 1.65 million euro project 6GStarLab with i2CAT.
Misumi has established partnerships with over a dozen space-related companies, including Astroscale Holdings and Iwatani Science & Engineering.
Janna Lewis is the SVP of Policy and General Counsel at Astroscale U.S.
Astroscale went public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in June 2024.
Other successful missions for Japanese satellite operators include Astroscale's On Closer Inspection mission scheduled for February 2024 and ALE's Running Out Of Fingers mission launched in 2019.
Rocket Lab's successful missions for Japanese satellite operators include the 'On Closer Inspection' mission for Astroscale-Japan in February 2024 and the 'Running Out Of Fingers' mission launched in 2019 for Tokyo-based company ALE.
Janna Lewis is the Senior Vice President of Policy & General Counsel at Astroscale.
Astroscale U.S. conducted a four-week advanced testing campaign in collaboration with NASA Goddard at the Servicing Technology Center.
Astroscale U.S. can simulate necessary environments to validate autonomous spacecraft servicing capabilities using Goddard's ISAM facilities.
The testing directly supported Astroscale U.S. with its APS-R Mission, a United States Space Force contracted initiative.
Morgane Lecas is the director of strategy and public affairs for Astroscale France.
American Honda Motor Co. and Astroscale have reached a joint development agreement to develop a scalable and integrated power solution for sustained lunar surface missions.
Astroscale and HEO plan to develop catalogs of candidate debris clients.
Astroscale and HEO are building tools to track, manage, and service spacecraft in orbit.
Astroscale and HEO's efforts directly contribute to allied Space Domain Awareness (SDA) strategies.
Astroscale was awarded a contract by Japan's Ministry of Defense to develop a responsive space system demonstration satellite prototype.
Astroscale and HEO aim to enhance the inspection and characterization of space objects.
Astroscale signed a three-year memorandum of understanding with High Earth Orbit Robotics Pty Ltd to deepen their partnership.
Astroscale has reached a launch agreement with NewSpace India Limited for the ISSA-J1 mission.