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.
All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
Astroscale is on schedule to deliver the ELSA-d spacecraft to the launch site on time.
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.
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.
Astroscale received the Minister of Science and Technology Policy Award, the second highest honor at the Japan Venture Awards, on 2020-02-25.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Astroscale contracted with Glavkosmos to launch ELSA-d on a Soyuz mission slated for the second half of the year.
Astroscale has raised $140,000,000 since forming in 2013.
The contract gives Astroscale until 2023-03-31 to complete the inspection mission for JAXA's CRD2 program.
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.
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.
Astroscale’s grant from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government covers half of its US $9,000,000 application.
Astroscale has raised $132,000,000 and has a debris-removal demonstration mission scheduled to launch in mid-2020 on a Soyuz rocket.
Ron Lopez, president and managing director of Astroscale U.S., supports reducing the 25-year deorbit rule to 10 years or five years.
Astroscale is a Japanese company that has established an American subsidiary named Astroscale U.S. Inc.
Astroscale has raised more than US $140,000,000 since its founding.
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.
Astroscale has raised about $140,000,000 since it was founded in 2013.