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Astroscale has raised an additional $76 million investment in Series G funding

March 8, 2023

Astroscale announces they have raised U.S. $76 million from new investors including Mitsubishi Electric and Yusaku Maezawa, bringing the total raised to U.S. $376 million. This funding round demonstrates strong investor confidence […]

Filed Under: Astroscale, Astroscale Japan, Business Moves, Civilian, Constellations, Funding, Governments, Investments, Japan, National Security, On-Orbit Servicing, Orbital Debris, Raytheon Technologies, Satellite Buses, Series G, Space Debris, Space Debris Management, U.S. Space Force, UK MoD

International Space Station (ISS) swerves away from Russian anti-satellite test debris

October 30, 2022

The ISS Station had to fire its thrusters for 5 minutes and 5 seconds to avoid debris from the Russian Cosmos 1408 satellites that was an integral part of a […]

Filed Under: ASAT, Debris Avoidance Maneuvers, International Space Station (ISS), NASA, Orbital Debris, PDAM, Russia, Space Debris

FCC adopts new ‘5-Year Rule’ For Deorbiting Satellites

September 30, 2022

The Federal Communications Commission has adopted new rules requiring satellite operators in Low Earth Obit (LEO) to dispose of their satellites within 5 years of completing their missions. The new […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Deorbit, FCC, Government, LEO, Orbital Debris, Space Safety Tagged With: Featured

National Space Society statement regarding the Orbital Sustainability Act of 2022

September 16, 2022

On September 12th, the Orbital Sustainability Act of 2022 (ORBITS Act) was introduced to the Senate — this bipartisan bill, championed by Senators Maria Cantwell, John Hickenlooper, Cynthia Lummis, and […]

Filed Under: Associations, Trade, National Space Society, Orbital Debris, Orbital Decay, SmallSat, Space Policy, Statement, U.S. Government

NASA funding projects to study space sustainability

September 14, 2022

As part of NASA‘s efforts to address orbital debris, the agency is funding research proposals from three university-based teams over the next year to analyze the economic, social, and policy […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Business Moves, Funding, NASA, Orbital Debris, Space Sustainability

SCOUT wins two STTR awards from U.S. Space Force SpaceWERX

August 28, 2022

SCOUT Space Inc. has been granted two STTR awards through the Orbital Prime program by SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force. SCOUT was awarded two STTRs in […]

Filed Under: AFWERX, Business Moves, Contracts, Florida Institute of Technology, Military, Orbital Debris, SCOUT, Space Services, SpaceWERX, Stanford, U.S. Space Force

Benchmark Space Systems intends to keep popular orbits safer with their new Collision Avoidance Kit (CoLA)

August 9, 2022

With the most popular, revenue-generating orbits increasingly congested, Benchmark Space Systems has unveiled a breakthrough Collision Avoidance (ColA) Kit, featuring the firm’s heritage propulsion technology in a condensed package that […]

Filed Under: Electric Propulsion, Orbital Debris, OTV, Satelite Innovation, SmallSat, Space Collision Avoidance, Space Debris, Space Domain Awareness, Space Traffic Management, SSA Tagged With: Featured

Copernicus Sentinel-1B decommissioned by ESA / EC due to a December 23, 2021, satellite anomaly

August 4, 2022

On December 23, 2021, the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-1B experienced an anomaly related to the instrument electronics power supply provided by the satellite platform, leaving the spacecraft unable to […]

Filed Under: Anomaly, Decommissioning, Earth Observation (EO), ESA, Europe, European Commission, Orbital Debris, Radar Imaging, Sentinel Tagged With: Featured

Inmarsat publishes their new + far-reaching Space Sustainability Report

June 22, 2022

Inmarsat has issued a far-reaching report on sustainability in space calling on industry operators, national governments and regulators to take coordinated action to reduce space debris, enhance safety and better manage the […]

Filed Under: Analysis / Reports, LEO, Orbital Debris, Regulations, Space Sustainability

First Structural Metal Cutting In Space Demo By Nanoracks + Maxar Will Be Aboard The SpaceX Transporter 5 Rideshare Mission

May 19, 2022

Voyager and Nanoracks have announced that the first Outpost demonstration mission (Outpost Mars Demo-1) is expected to launch this month aboard SpaceX’s Transporter 5 rideshare flight. This mission is part […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Conversions, In-Space Demo, Launch, News, On-Orbit, Orbital Debris, Partnerships, Robotics, Satellite servicing, Spacecrat Servicing, USA Tagged With: Featured

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