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 U.S. and Astroscale Israel are focused on satellite servicing research and developing a mission for life extension of geostationary satellites.
Astroscale U.S. and its subsidiary Astroscale Israel are focused on satellite servicing research and developing a mission for life extension of geostationary satellites.
Astroscale will launch its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission later in 2020.
Since its establishment in 2017, Astroscale UK has grown to over 30 personnel and plans to grow to 80 by 2022.
Sharon Parker-Lines will work closely with John Auburn, Chief Commercial Officer and Astroscale UK Managing Director, to build a multi-skilled engineering and operations team in the UK and ensure the company’s commercial success.
Astroscale U.S. was established in April 2019.
Astroscale Israel will serve as Astroscale’s satellite servicing research and payload development group for life extension of geostationary (GEO) satellites.
Astroscale raised a total of $140,000,000 in its previous four funding rounds.
Astroscale has raised a total of US$140,000,000 in its previous four funding rounds.
Astroscale U.S. Inc., based in Denver, signed the agreement to acquire Effective Space Solutions’ intellectual property.
On 2020-06-03, Astroscale agreed to acquire the intellectual property of the satellite-servicing company Effective Space Solutions.
Astroscale plans to launch a self-funded mission called End-of-Life Service by Astroscale Demonstration (ELSA-D) later 2020 to low Earth orbit to test debris removal technologies.
On 2020-05-18, Astroscale Holdings launched a Series E funding round.
Astroscale Holdings Inc. opened a Series E funding round on 2020-05-18.
Astroscale was selected as the commercial partner for Phase I of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s first debris removal project in February 2020.
Astroscale planned to launch its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission in the later half of 2020 as the world’s first demonstration of commercial orbital debris removal.
Astroscale received a grant of up to US $4,500,000 from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Innovation Tokyo Project in January 2020.
Astroscale’s offices in the United Kingdom and United States added management and technical team members in the first half of 2020 to support future commercial and institutional customers.
On 2020-05-04, Astroscale Holdings Inc. signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Professor Chris Newman of Northumbria University in Newcastle to collaborate on investigating end-of-life standards and practices from industries such as oil and nuclear energy.
The first working paper from the collaboration between Astroscale and Northumbria University is scheduled to be published later in 2020.