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 ELSA-M mission will capture learning from the ELSA-d on-orbit demo in 2021-2022 which tested Astroscale’s magnetic capture system, rendezvous and proximity operations, and on-board systems.
Astroscale raised 5,000,000,000 JPY (approximately $34,300,000) through a three-year term loan agreement with MUFG Bank, Ltd. on 2022-09-30, leveraging a credit guarantee program by the Japanese government.
Astroscale has opened the Zeus satellite manufacturing and operations facilities at the Harwell Science & Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.
Astroscale’s move to the Zeus facility marks a 900% increase in space compared with its previous premises, covering approximately 20,000 square feet.
Astroscale expanded into the United Kingdom in 2017, into the United States in 2019, and into Israel in 2020.
Astroscale plans to manufacture and operate its ELSA-M servicer model from the Zeus building in Harwell.
Astroscale was selected as a certified operator for the Business Activity Plan for Utilizing the Results of Innovative Technology Research by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry under the Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Act.
Astroscale launched the End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission in 2021.
Astroscale signed a 3-year term loan agreement totaling JPY 5 billion with MUFG Bank, Ltd.
Kayhan Space, Astroscale U.S., and the University of Texas at Austin won a U.S. Space Force award to develop an intelligent platform that autonomously enables spacecraft to engage with on-orbit support vehicles for refueling, maintenance, debris removal, and national security services.
During Phase 1 of the SpaceWERX STTR program, Kayhan Space will collaborate with Astroscale U.S. engineers and University of Texas at Austin spaceflight researchers and students to deliver an optimized rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) management solution.
Astroscale Limited opened the Zeus satellite manufacturing and operations facilities at the Harwell Science & Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.
On 2022-09-28, Kayhan Space, Astroscale US, and the University of Texas at Austin won a U.S. Space Force Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase 1 award worth $250,000 under the Orbital Prime program.
The Zeus facility covers approximately 20,000 square feet, representing a 900% increase in space compared with Astroscale’s previous premises.
Astroscale Limited opened the Zeus satellite manufacturing and operations facilities at the Harwell Science & Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire on 28 September 2022.
The Harwell Space Cluster deployment of Astroscale’s facility will create more than 100 jobs at the Harwell Space Cluster.
Astroscale established operations in the UK in 2017, expanded into the USA in 2019, and into Israel in 2020.
Astroscale received a £1.7 million funding boost from the UK Space Agency to continue developing technology and capability to remove defunct satellites from Low Earth Orbit.
Astroscale plans to rapidly develop its commercial offering from the Zeus facility in the coming years.
Astroscale plans to build satellite debris removal servicer satellites at the Zeus facility.