Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”) has announced that Astroscale Japan Inc. (“Astroscale Japan”) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (“Mitsubishi Heavy Industries”) to cooperate on […]
Orbital Debris
Startup Digantara Raises $2.5 Million In Their Funding Seed Round
Space-tech startup Digantara has raised $2.5 million as part of their seed round of funding from Kalaari Capital — this funding will accelerate Digantara’s product development and enable them to […]
Astroscale UK + RUAG Space Developing The Brains Behind The Former’s ELSA-M Space Debris Removal Spacecraft
Astroscale UK has been working in partnership with RUAG Space to develop the “brains” to command Astroscale’s space debris removing ELSA-M Servicer spacecraft, all based on RUAG Space constellation’s On […]
Space Debris Mission Contract Assigned to AAC Clyde Space By Astroscale UK Ltd.
AAC Clyde Space has been selected by Astroscale UK Ltd. to co-engineer their satellite platform for a UK-based space debris removal program known as End-of-Life Services by Astroscale (ELSA-M) — […]
Astroscale Will Work With OneWeb To Innovate Space Debris Removal
Astroscale UK has announced a funding award from partners OneWeb to mature their technology and capability toward a commercial service offering by 2024. This latest £2.5 million award forms part […]
Findus Venture and Spire Global To Collaborate On The Launch Of The ADLER-2 Smallsat To Tackle Space Debris
Findus Venture GMBH (“Findus Venture”) and Spire Global, Inc. (“Spire” or the “Company”) will collaborate on their launch of the ADLER-2 satellite in Q4 2022 in a bid to tackle […]
Celebrations Underway For Astroscale Following Their Successful Launch Of ELSA-d
Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”) successfully launched their End-of-Life Services by Astroscale demonstration (ELSA-d) mission. This marks the start of the world’s first commercial mission to prove the core technologies necessary […]
Space Debris Mitigation Efforts Have ALE Company and Space BD Working Together
Tokyo-based ALE Co., Ltd. (ALE) and Space BD Inc. (Space BD) engaged in a Letter of Intent (LOI) to form a global Sales Agency Agreement for the company’s space debris […]
Smallsat Space Debris Remediation Technology Being Demo’d By Millennium Space Systems — In Space
In November, two Millennium Space Systems-built smallsats were successfully launched into LEO and the company’s engineers, as well as the world’s amateur satellite tracking community, are watching them as they […]
Astroscale’s ELSA-d Mission To Launch In March of 2021
Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”) has recently announced that the company’s End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission will launch on a Soyuz rocket operated by GK Launch Services from Baikonur Cosmodrome, […]