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 completed a $76,000,000 Series G funding round in February 2023.
Astroscale has raised more than $375,000,000 through a series of private funding rounds.
Astroscale plans to offer 20.8 million shares in its initial public offering.
Astroscale reported 910,000,000 JPY in revenue for the fiscal year ending April 2022.
Astroscale reported 1,790,000,000 JPY in revenue for the fiscal year ending April 2023.
Astroscale reported a net loss of 5,480,000,000 JPY for the fiscal year ending April 2022.
Under CRD2 phase 2, Astroscale will develop and launch a mission to grapple the same H‑2A upper stage being inspected by ADRAS-J and remove it from orbit.
JAXA selected Astroscale for the second phase of its Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration (CRD2) program on 2024-04-25.
Astroscale released an image of the H‑2A upper stage taken by ADRAS-J on 2024-04-26.
Astroscale reported a net loss of 9,260,000,000 JPY for the fiscal year ending April 2023.
The image was taken by Astroscale Japan's commercial debris inspection demonstration satellite, Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J).
Astroscale Japan is responsible for the design, manufacture, testing, launch, and operations of ADRAS-J.
Astroscale Japan Inc. unveiled the first publicly released image of space debris captured through rendezvous and proximity operations on April 26, 2024.
Astroscale Japan has been selected for Phase II of JAXA’s CRD2 program.
The UK Space Agency is investing in four refuelling feasibility studies, including the study awarded to Astroscale.
Astroscale UK completed the Preliminary Design Review phase with the UK Space Agency for the COSMIC Active Debris Removal mission on 2024-04-22.
Astroscale’s ADRAS-J spacecraft launched on 2024-02-18.
Astroscale is developing Life Extension In-Orbit (LEXI) to dock with GEO satellites to provide maneuvering and attitude control.
The Japanese government awarded Astroscale a contract for ADRAS-J in 2020.
Images from ADRAS-J’s visual camera were processed using Astroscale-developed Angles-Only Navigation algorithms.