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ESA selected Swiss startup ClearSpace in 2020 to fly a mission that will grapple and remove the 113-kilogram Vespa payload adapter from orbit.
ClearSpace-1 is scheduled to launch in 2026 on a Vega C rocket.
ESA awarded ClearSpace a contract worth 86,000,000 EUR for the mission to remove the Vespa payload adapter.
ClearSpace raised 26,700,000 EUR in January to support work on the ClearSpace-1 mission.
Swiss startup ClearSpace plans to launch its first de-orbit demonstration mission in 2026.
Astroscale, ClearSpace, D-Orbit, and Telespazio collaborating with Thales Alenia Space received funding to mature their IOS concepts for presentation to the 2022 ESA Council at Ministerial level.
Arianespace will deliver the ClearSpace-1 mission using its Vega C launcher to support sustainable use of space.
In 2019, ESA selected ClearSpace from a field of more than a dozen candidates to lead the first mission to remove an ESA-owned item from orbit.
In 2019, ESA selected ClearSpace from a field of more than a dozen candidates to lead the first mission to remove an ESA-owned item from orbit.
The ClearSpace-1 mission is supported by ESA’s Space Safety program and is being procured as a service contract with a startup-led commercial consortium to help establish a market for in-orbit servicing and debris removal.
Arianespace will use Vega C to deliver the ClearSpace-1 mission in support of a sustainable use of space.
ClearSpace recently secured about $29,000,000 in a Series A funding round.
The ClearSpace-1 servicer will attempt to capture the spent Vega upper stage using four articulated arms.
ClearSpace created a U.S.-based subsidiary called ClearSpace Today, Inc. on 2023-04-17 as its first expansion outside of Europe.
ClearSpace-1 requires a co-passenger compatible with a trip toward a spent upper stage left in an 800-kilometer by 660-kilometer gradual disposal orbit following a 2013 Vega launch.
Luc Piguet expects the U.K. to select either ClearSpace or Japan-based Astroscale early next year for a British mission to remove two spacecraft from low Earth orbit in 2026.
ClearSpace expects to start building the ClearSpace-1 servicer next year for integration in 2025.
ClearSpace recently started procuring parts from subcontractors after completing an initial design phase for the ClearSpace-1 mission.
ClearSpace is seeking co-funding from the European Space Agency for a mission to extend the life of a geostationary Intelsat satellite before it runs out of fuel around 2026–2028.
ClearSpace signed a contract with Arianespace on 2023-05-09 to launch its ClearSpace-1 debris de-orbit mission on Europe’s Vega C rocket in the second half of 2026.