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 plans to demonstrate the ELSA-M servicer in 2025 in partnership with OneWeb, the UK Space Agency, and the European Space Agency.
Astroscale’s Series G round raised approximately U.S. $83,600,000 in total.
On 2023-10-06, Astroscale Japan was selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for the J-Startup Impact program.
Astroscale Japan shipped the commercial debris inspection demonstration satellite ADRAS-J from its satellite manufacturing facility in Tokyo, Japan to Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand.
Astroscale Japan Inc. shipped its commercial debris inspection demonstration satellite ADRAS-J from its satellite manufacturing facility in Tokyo, Japan to Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand on 2023-10-04.
Astroscale Japan will launch a similar mission later 2023 to inspect and characterize a spent upper-stage rocket body.
Astroscale Japan mission development will begin 2023-10 with a maximum term through 2028-03-01.
Astroscale Japan has been selected by the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) for its Small and Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop an on-orbit inspection demonstration mission to image and diagnose a large defunct satellite in space.
Astroscale Japan will receive up to JPY 2.69 billion (approximately U.S. $18,000,000) for Phase 1 and up to JPY 12 billion (approximately U.S. $80,000,000) in total for all three phases.
Astroscale Japan was selected by the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for MEXT’s Small and Business Innovation Research program to develop an on-orbit inspection demonstration mission to image and diagnose a large, defunct satellite in space.
Astroscale Japan will receive up to JPY 12 billion in total funding for all three phases of the MEXT SBIR project.
Astroscale Japan will launch a similar mission later 2023 to inspect and characterize a spent upper stage rocket body.
Astroscale Japan Inc. was selected by Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) for the MEXT Small and Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop an on-orbit inspection demonstration mission to image and diagnose a large, defunct satellite in space.
MEXT will fund Astroscale Japan up to JPY 2.69 billion for Phase 1 of the SBIR project.
Astroscale Japan will receive up to JPY 2.69 billion for Phase 1 of the MEXT SBIR project.
Astroscale Japan will launch a similar mission later in 2023 to inspect and characterize a spent upper stage rocket body.
MEXT will fund Astroscale Japan up to JPY 12 billion in total for all three phases of the SBIR project.
Astroscale UK will collaborate with Astroscale Japan, Orbit Fab, and CGI to explore the use of Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and SSA data to support and verify RPO missions.
Astroscale UK will collaborate with Astroscale Japan, Orbit Fab, and CGI to develop responsible behavior norms for Rendezvous & Proximity Operations (RPO).
The $25,500,000 contract awarded to Astroscale was funded by a $30,000,000 congressional earmark added to the Space Force’s 2023 budget.