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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The agreement includes $25,500,000 in government funding and approximately $12,000,000 to be provided by Astroscale.
Astroscale U.S. Incorporated was awarded the $25,500,000 Space Mobility and Logistics prototyping project.
Astroscale opened Astroscale France in June 2023.
Philippe Blatt will drive the growth of Astroscale France by building a team that collaborates closely with the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales and other stakeholders.
Astroscale UK will collaborate with Astroscale Japan, Orbit Fab, and CGI to advance refuelling capabilities in low-Earth orbit (LEO).
Astroscale UK will collaborate with Astroscale Japan, Orbit Fab, and CGI to develop responsible behaviour norms for Rendezvous & Proximity Operations (RPO).
Astroscale UK will collaborate with Astroscale Japan, Orbit Fab, and CGI to use Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and SSA data to support and verify RPO missions.
Under a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency contract, Astroscale plans to use a spacecraft launching on a Rocket Lab Electron later in the year to inspect a discarded upper stage of a Japanese H2-A rocket as part of ADRAS-J.
ELSA-d’s servicer lost use of half its thrusters in early 2022, forcing Astroscale to scrap plans to recapture and de-orbit the 17-kilogram client craft.
Astroscale’s Gen 2 Docking Plate and associated end-of-life services provide bus manufacturers and satellite operators a solution for relocating or removing satellites from orbit for disposal.
Astro Digital is set to receive its first Astroscale Docking Plate for integration later in 2024, with launch expected in 2024-10-01.
Astroscale plans to send a larger servicer to low Earth orbit in 2025 with a mass of a few hundred kilograms to capture and de-orbit a defunct 150-kilogram OneWeb satellite.
ELSA-m is being built by Astroscale’s U.K. subsidiary and is supported by funds from the European Space Agency, the UK Space Agency, and U.K.-based OneWeb.
Astroscale has raised more than $376,000,000 to date.
Astro Digital is set to receive its first Astroscale Docking Plate for integration later 2023, with a launch expected in Q4 CY 2024.
The partnership between Astro Digital and Astroscale was announced in Tokyo, Japan on 2023-07-31.
Astro Digital is scheduled to receive its first Astroscale Docking Plate for integration later in 2023.
Astroscale aims to accelerate its innovation drive in space sustainability through the addition of the new Directors.
The existing Astroscale Board of Directors includes Shinji Oshige, Yuko Suzuki, Jan Wörner, Nobu Okada, and Chris Blackerby.
Before joining Astroscale, Nobuhiro Matsuyama held key positions in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs in Tokyo and New York.