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Astroscale

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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.

commercialFounded 2013
Tokyo, Japan
www.astroscale.com
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Astroscale is on schedule to deliver the ELSA-d spacecraft to the launch site on time.

PlanRelationshipsValue 3.5Mar 31, 2020Astroscale’s response to COVID-19

In his role as Director of Government & Regulatory Affairs (UK & Europe), Kumar Singarajah will work closely with John Auburn, Chief Commercial Officer and Managing Director, UK, and with Astroscale's Global Policy team.

GovernanceValue 2.2Mar 30, 2020Astroscale UK Appoints Kumar Singarajah as Director of Government & Regulatory Affairs (UK & Europe)

Astroscale received a grant of up to US $4,500,000 from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Innovation Tokyo Project to build a roadmap for commercializing debris removal services.

FinancialPlanGeneralValue 4.5Feb 25, 2020Astroscale Receives Minister of Science and Technology Policy Award at Japan Venture Awards

Astroscale received the Minister of Science and Technology Policy Award, the second highest honor at the Japan Venture Awards, on 2020-02-25.

GeneralValue 2.8Feb 25, 2020Astroscale Receives Minister of Science and Technology Policy Award at Japan Venture Awards

Astroscale was selected by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Innovation Tokyo Project to receive a grant worth up to $4,500,000 to build a roadmap for commercializing debris removal services.

RelationshipsPlanFinancialGrowthValue 4.6Feb 12, 2020Astroscale wins first half of JAXA debris-removal mission

Astroscale expects to launch its End-of-Life Service by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) later 2020 to demonstrate debris identification and capture operations before deorbiting itself.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Feb 12, 2020Astroscale wins first half of JAXA debris-removal mission

Astroscale was awarded a grant of up to US $4,500,000 from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Innovation Tokyo Project to build a roadmap for commercializing debris removal services.

LegalFinancialPlanValue 4.0Feb 12, 2020Astroscale Selected as Commercial Partner for JAXA’s Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration Project

A follow-on contract under JAXA’s Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration 2 program would give Astroscale until 2026-03-31 to deorbit the spent upper stage.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Feb 12, 2020Astroscale wins first half of JAXA debris-removal mission

Astroscale contracted with Glavkosmos to launch ELSA-d on a Soyuz mission slated for the second half of the year.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Feb 12, 2020Astroscale wins first half of JAXA debris-removal mission

Astroscale has raised $140,000,000 since forming in 2013.

FinancialValue 4.0Feb 12, 2020Astroscale wins first half of JAXA debris-removal mission

The contract gives Astroscale until 2023-03-31 to complete the inspection mission for JAXA's CRD2 program.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Feb 12, 2020Astroscale wins first half of JAXA debris-removal mission

Astroscale will launch its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission in the second half of 2020 as the world’s first demonstration of commercial orbital debris removal.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Feb 12, 2020Astroscale Selected as Commercial Partner for JAXA’s Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration Project

Astroscale Holdings Inc. received a grant of up to US $4,500,000 from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Innovation Tokyo Project to build a roadmap for commercializing active debris removal services.

FinancialPlanGeneralGrowthValue 4.5Jan 23, 2020Astroscale Awarded Up To US $4.5 Million Grant From Tokyo Metropolitan Government To Commercialize Active Debris Removal Services

Astroscale’s grant from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government covers half of its US $9,000,000 application.

FinancialGeneralLegalValue 4.2Jan 23, 2020Astroscale Awarded Up To US $4.5 Million Grant From Tokyo Metropolitan Government To Commercialize Active Debris Removal Services

Astroscale has raised $132,000,000 and has a debris-removal demonstration mission scheduled to launch in mid-2020 on a Soyuz rocket.

PlanFinancialCapabilityValue 4.3Dec 30, 2019Iridium would pay to deorbit its 30 defunct satellites — for the right price

Ron Lopez, president and managing director of Astroscale U.S., supports reducing the 25-year deorbit rule to 10 years or five years.

GovernanceLegalValue 4.0Dec 9, 2019U.S. government updates orbital debris mitigation guidelines

Astroscale is a Japanese company that has established an American subsidiary named Astroscale U.S. Inc.

RelationshipsValue 2.5Dec 7, 2019Astroscale pursuing military customers for in-orbit services, debris removal

Astroscale has raised more than US $140,000,000 since its founding.

FinancialGrowthValue 3.6Nov 20, 2019Astroscale Welcomes the Appointments of Gene Fujii as Chief Engineer and Mike Lindsay as CTO

Astroscale’s End-of-Life Service by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission is scheduled to launch in 2020 on a GK Launch Services Soyuz 2 mission.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Oct 10, 2019Astroscale, ClearSpace aim to make a bundle removing debris

Astroscale has raised about $140,000,000 since it was founded in 2013.

FinancialGeneralValue 4.0Oct 10, 2019Astroscale, ClearSpace aim to make a bundle removing debris
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