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Astroscale has raised $140,000,000 since forming in 2013.
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 has raised $132,000,000 and has a debris-removal demonstration mission scheduled to launch in mid-2020 on a Soyuz rocket.
Both Astroscale and ClearSpace won contracts to participate in the Sunrise Project, a public-private partnership led by OneWeb and the European Space Agency to explore advanced technologies including active debris removal.
Astroscale plans to launch two spacecraft for the ELSA-d demonstration: a 180-kilogram servicer designed to catch debris and a 20-kilogram satellite to act as mock debris.
Astroscale opened a new office in Denver, Colorado on 2019-04-10.
Astroscale plans to launch its first technology demonstration satellite for orbital debris removal, ELSA-d, in early 2020.
ASTROSCALE completed a Series C funding round and has raised $53,000,000 in total to date.