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Astroscale U.S. opened a new state-of-the-art headquarters facility in Denver, Colorado on 2023-04-24.
Astroscale U.S., CisLunar Industries, and Colorado State University received a $1,700,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force to develop a circular propulsion ecosystem based on recycling metal in space to enable enhanced satellite mobility.
The JPY 3 billion loan increases Astroscale’s cumulative debt raised to JPY 11 billion (approximately $83,000,000).
Astroscale provides on-orbit services across all orbits, including End-of-Life services for defunct satellites prepared for servicing, In-Space Situational Awareness/Inspection, Life Extension for geostationary satellites, and Active Debris Removal of large non-prepared debris.
Shunji "Bert" Izutsu will become Vice President of Astroscale Japan effective 2023-04-15.
Astroscale urges all space stakeholders to engage in forums like the Space Safety Coalition.
Astroscale hopes that industry-level practices will eventually be incorporated into formal sustainable space governance.
Astroscale supports using aggregate risk metrics to calculate and regulate collision risk on a system-wide basis.
Astroscale finds that the use of percentage-based targets for post-mission disposal alone is insufficient.
Astroscale expects endorsed parties to enact these Best Practices as best as they can.
Astroscale finds that single-satellite collision risk metrics are insufficient.
Astroscale endorses the updated Best Practices for Sustainability of Space Operations with three exceptions: clauses 5.a., 7.a., and 8.j.
Astroscale supports the development of enhanced monitoring of adherence to post-mission disposal commitments.
During the ADRAS-J mission, Astroscale will implement safety and transparency measures based on the "Guidelines on a License to Operate a Spacecraft Performing On-Orbit Servicing" issued by the Japanese government in November 2021.
Rocket Lab planned a 2023 mission to demonstrate space debris removal technology by Astroscale Japan.
Astroscale U.S., in partnership with CisLunar Industries, won a Small Business Innovative Research award from the U.S. Space Force to test technologies for repurposing debris into materials like propellant.
Astroscale has raised U.S. $76,000,000 from new investors including Mitsubishi Electric and Yusaku Maezawa, bringing the company’s total funding to U.S. $376,000,000.
Mitsubishi Electric invested U.S. $25,000,000 in Astroscale’s Series G funding round.
Astroscale has an agreement with Mitsubishi Electric to collaborate in developing and manufacturing sustainably designed satellite buses for Japanese national-security constellations.
Astroscale is part of a team awarded a $1,700,000 contract by the U.S. Space Force under the Orbital Prime program.