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ClearSpace

US
commercialFounded 2018
San Francisco, California, United States
getclearspace.com
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The United Kingdom awarded three feasibility study contracts last year with a combined value of £1 million to consortia led by Astroscale, ClearSpace, and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.

Mentioned as: clearspaceTechnical ProductJul 20, 2022UK’s ‘Astra Carta’ movement sees space sustainability as chance to lead

The U.K. government awarded three contracts with a combined value of about £1 million last year to consortia led by Astroscale, ClearSpace, and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. for initial feasibility studies on active debris removal.

Mentioned as: clearspaceTechnical ProductJun 25, 2022U.K. government announces new space sustainability measures

U.S. Space Force units will begin operating the long-range discrimination radar at Clear Space Force Station in 2023.

Mentioned as: ClearSpaceOrg RelationshipMay 12, 2022Melting Arctic ice opens new front in strategic power competition

The Pentagon’s 2023 budget request includes $68,000,000 to build dormitories for troops expected to be permanently based at Clear Space Force Station.

Mentioned as: ClearSpaceOrg RelationshipMay 12, 2022Melting Arctic ice opens new front in strategic power competition

The European Space Agency awarded ClearSpace a $104,000,000 contract to launch a mission to remove a debris object from orbit in 2025.

Mentioned as: ClearSpaceOrg RelationshipJan 6, 2022Space debris expert warns U.S. ‘woefully behind’ in efforts to clean up junk in orbit

ClearSpace is part of the SSTL-led consortium called LEOPARD (Low Earth Orbit Pursuit for Active Debris Removal).

Mentioned as: ClearSpaceOrg RelationshipDec 9, 2021Third consortium gets UK funds to study potential deorbit mission

The UK Space Agency awarded Astroscale and ClearSpace contracts totaling $1,000,000 to study a mission to remove two spacecraft from low Earth orbit by 2025.

Mentioned as: ClearSpaceOrg RelationshipNov 24, 2021OneWeb mulls debris-removal service for failed satellite

Astroscale and ClearSpace are allowed to select which two spacecraft to remove under the UK Space Agency study contracts provided the spacecraft were sent to orbit under a U.K. license.

Mentioned as: ClearSpaceNarrative GeneralNov 24, 2021OneWeb mulls debris-removal service for failed satellite

Newest members endorsing the SSC include Space Micro Inc., Astro Dynamic Ltd., Slingshot Aerospace, LeoLabs Inc., and ClearSpace.

Mentioned as: ClearSpaceTechnical ProductNov 22, 2021New Companies Join The Space Safety Coalition

ClearSpace is developing target sensors, navigation, and capture robotics and will work with partners including Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd., Deimos Space UK, and Satellite Applications Catapult.

Mentioned as: ClearSpaceOrg RelationshipOct 27, 2021UK Space Agency Initiatives For Space Debris Mitigation

The UK Space Agency awarded funding to Astroscale and ClearSpace to research a UK-led mission to remove junk from space.

Mentioned as: ClearSpaceNarrative GeneralOct 27, 2021UK Space Agency Initiatives For Space Debris Mitigation

The European Space Agency invested 86,000,000 EUR in ClearSpace-1, which is due to take place in 2025.

Mentioned as: ClearSpaceOrg RelationshipOct 26, 2021UK funds studies to remove two spacecraft from LEO

ClearSpace secured a first round of funding of four million Swiss francs in addition to 86,000,000 EUR that the European Space Agency invested in the ClearSpace-1 debris removal mission.

Mentioned as: ClearSpaceOrg RelationshipOct 26, 2021UK funds studies to remove two spacecraft from LEO

Under the Active Debris Removal Phase 0-A Feasibility Study funded by the UK Space Agency, Astroscale and ClearSpace are tasked with researching how to de-orbit two defunct satellites that were not built with retrieval and removal in mind.

Mentioned as: ClearSpaceNarrative GeneralOct 26, 2021UK funds studies to remove two spacecraft from LEO

Consortiums led by ClearSpace and Astroscale received just under £700,000 between them to complete mission feasibility studies by the end of March.

Mentioned as: ClearSpaceOrg RelationshipOct 26, 2021UK funds studies to remove two spacecraft from LEO

The European Space Agency selected Swiss startup ClearSpace-1 to attempt a debris removal mission currently planned for 2025.

Mentioned as: ClearSpaceOrg RelationshipJul 27, 2021Astroscale and rocket maker MHI team up to develop debris removal technology

LeoLabs intends its data to support future debris removal services by highlighting the riskiest satellites or pieces of debris and helping companies like ClearSpace and Astroscale build removal business cases.

Mentioned as: ClearSpaceTechnical ProductJun 16, 2021LeoLabs to expand radar network to Europe

ClearSpace plans to launch a spacecraft in 2025 to remove a Vega rocket upper stage that was left in orbit in 2013 with funding from ADRIOS.

Mentioned as: ClearSpaceOrg RelationshipMar 18, 2021As Astroscale prepares to launch debris-removal demo, UK eyes in-orbit servicing leadership

ESA signed a contract with ClearSpace on 2020-11-13 to complete the safe deorbiting of a payload adapter launched aboard the second flight of the Arianespace Vega rocket in 2013.

Mentioned as: ClearSpaceOrg RelationshipDec 2, 2020ESA signs contract for first space debris removal mission

The Clean Space technologies to be supplied for ClearSpace-1 include advanced guidance, navigation and control systems, vision-based AI, and robotic arms.

Mentioned as: ClearSpaceTechnical ProductDec 2, 2020ESA signs contract for first space debris removal mission
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