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’s ELSA-d mission will launch on a Soyuz rocket operated by GK Launch Services from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan in March 2021.
Astroscale will operate ELSA-d out of the UK using the In-Orbit Servicing Control Centre National Facility (IOCC) developed by a team led by Astroscale.
Astroscale plans to develop its first satellite life-extension platform for geostationary orbit (GEO).
Astroscale plans to launch the End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission in March 2021 on a Soyuz rocket operated by GK Launch Services from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
Astroscale will operate the ELSA-d mission out of the In-Orbit Servicing Control Centre National Facility developed by a team led by Astroscale.
Astroscale’s future missions include Phase I of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration (CRD2) project scheduled to launch in early 2023.
Astroscale plans to launch two satellites for ELSA-d: a servicer spacecraft with a mass of about 175 kg and a client satellite with a mass of 17 kg.
Astroscale plans to develop a satellite life-extension platform for operations in geostationary orbit.
Astroscale’s ELSA-d mission will launch on a Soyuz rocket operated by GK Launch Services from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan in March 2021.
Astroscale will launch the ELSA-d mission on a Soyuz rocket operated by GK Launch Services from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, in March 2021.
Astroscale plans to develop a satellite life-extension platform for operation in geostationary orbit.
Astroscale is pursuing Phase I of JAXA’s Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration (CRD2) project scheduled to launch in early 2023.
Astroscale plans to operate ELSA-d from the National In-Orbit Servicing Control Centre located at the Satellite Applications Catapult in Harwell, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
Astroscale is on schedule to ship the End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission later in 2020.
Astroscale Holdings Inc. announced that Nobu Okada has been elected as a Vice President of the International Astronautical Federation from October 2020 for a three-year period.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) awarded Astroscale a contract to inspect a spent Japanese upper stage in a mission that could lead to a follow-on contract to capture the rocket stage and move it out of orbit.
Astroscale planned to launch the ELSA-d mission toward the end of 2020.
Astroscale closed its Series E funding round on 2020-10-13 with additional funding of U.S. $51,000,000 led by aSTART Co., Ltd.
Astroscale Holdings Inc. raised $51,000,000 in a Series E investment round, bringing total funding for the Tokyo-based orbital debris removal startup to $191,000,000.
The Series E funding round brought Astroscale’s total investment raised to U.S. $191,000,000.