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 has partnered with SSC, KSAT, ATLAS Space Operations, Viasat, and Astroscale’s own Totsuka ground station to support the ELSA-d demonstration mission.
Astroscale plans to use 16 ground stations in total to support the End of Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission.
Each ELSA-d spacecraft requires a dedicated mission control system operated by Astroscale from the In-Orbit Servicing Control Centre (IOCC) at Harwell Campus in the U.K.
Astroscale is partnering with four satellite ground station providers—Atlas Space Operations, Viasat, Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), and Swedish Space Corporation (SSC)—to support its ELSA-d mission.
Astroscale’s ELSA‑M servicer is specifically designed for servicing constellation satellites such as those operated by OneWeb.
Astroscale UK is partnering with RUAG Space to develop the on-board computer (cOBC) that will command Astroscale’s ELSA-M servicer spacecraft.
LeoLabs intends its data to support future debris removal services by highlighting the riskiest satellites or pieces of debris and helping companies like ClearSpace and Astroscale build removal business cases.
Astroscale launched the ELSA-d spacecraft on 2021-03-22 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Astroscale U.S. and its subsidiary Astroscale Israel are working to launch Astroscale’s first satellite life-extension platform in geostationary orbit.
Astroscale, an Oxfordshire-based company, launched the ELSA-d satellite clean-up and decommissioning programme earlier 2021.
Astroscale UK received a funding award from OneWeb to mature Astroscale’s satellite end-of-life technology and capability toward a commercial service offering by 2024.
Astroscale UK has been defining the business case for debris removal services since 2017.
The contract between AAC Clyde Space and Astroscale UK for ELSA-M is valued at £260,000 and is expected to be completed by the start of 2022.
The Sunrise Program funding awarded via the UK Space Agency includes partners OneWeb, SatixFy, Celestia UK, and Astroscale UK.
The £2.5 million award to Astroscale UK forms part of a larger beam-hopping satellite program totaling more than £32 million granted via the UK Space Agency through the European Space Agency’s Sunrise Program.
Astroscale UK received a £2.5 million funding award from OneWeb to mature its technology and capability toward a commercial service offering by 2024.
Astroscale UK received a £2.5 million funding award from partners including OneWeb to mature its technology and capability towards a commercial service offering by 2024.
The Sunrise funding will support Astroscale UK’s servicing spacecraft ELSA-m, which will demonstrate capabilities in 2024 for removing multiple retired satellites in a single mission.
Astroscale UK received 2.5 million British pounds to develop technologies to safely de-orbit unresponsive satellites similar to Joey-Sat.
The £2.5 million award to Astroscale UK forms part of a larger beam-hopping satellite programme totalling over £32 million granted by the UK Space Agency via the European Space Agency’s Sunrise Programme.