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Astroscale U.S. was established in April 2019.
On 2020-05-18, Astroscale Holdings launched a Series E funding round.
Astroscale raised a total of $140,000,000 in its previous four funding rounds.
Astroscale Israel will serve as Astroscale’s satellite servicing research and payload development group for life extension of geostationary (GEO) satellites.
On 2020-06-03, Astroscale agreed to acquire the intellectual property of the satellite-servicing company Effective Space Solutions.
Astroscale has raised a total of US$140,000,000 in its previous four funding rounds.
Astroscale plans to launch a self-funded mission called End-of-Life Service by Astroscale Demonstration (ELSA-D) later 2020 to low Earth orbit to test debris removal technologies.
Astroscale U.S. Inc., based in Denver, signed the agreement to acquire Effective Space Solutions’ intellectual property.
Astroscale’s offices in the United Kingdom and United States added management and technical team members in the first half of 2020 to support future commercial and institutional customers.
Astroscale was selected as the commercial partner for Phase I of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s first debris removal project in February 2020.
Astroscale planned to launch its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission in the later half of 2020 as the world’s first demonstration of commercial orbital debris removal.
Astroscale received a grant of up to US $4,500,000 from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Innovation Tokyo Project in January 2020.
Astroscale Holdings Inc. opened a Series E funding round on 2020-05-18.
The first working paper from the collaboration between Astroscale and Northumbria University is scheduled to be published later in 2020.
On 2020-05-04, Astroscale Holdings Inc. signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Professor Chris Newman of Northumbria University in Newcastle to collaborate on investigating end-of-life standards and practices from industries such as oil and nuclear energy.
Astroscale U.S. was established in April 2019.
Astroscale transitioned all employees at its Japan, UK, US, and Singapore locations to remote work to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and protect employee safety.
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 the Minister of Science and Technology Policy Award, the second highest honor at the Japan Venture Awards, on 2020-02-25.