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 […]
Space Debris
SENER Aeroespacial’s part in the EROSS IOD on-orbit servicing project is a real ‘game changer’
SENER Aeroespacial, a SENER Group company, is part of the consortium chosen by the European Commission for the EROSS IOD program dedicated to On-Orbit Servicing. EROSS IOD (European Robotic Orbital Support Services […]
Vyoma’s seed investment for Space Traffic Management enables development of novel tracking system and automation services
Vyoma, a Darmstadt-based company with operating offices in Munich, announces the successful closing of an extended Seed financing round during the Summer of 2022. This investment follows an earlier Seed […]
AAC Clyde Space wins 0.875 MGBP order from Astroscale
AAC Clyde Space has won £0.875 million order for a Sirius computer from Astroscale Ltd., for inclusion in their End-of-Life space debris removal service, ELSA-M. This order follows a £0.94 […]
UK companies’ funding boosts plans for missions to remove space debris and in-orbit manufacturing
Two UK-based companies are designing missions to clear hazardous space junk alongside the launch of a new program to back cutting-edge space technology, the UK Space Agency has announced. ClearSpace and […]
Benchmark Space Systems intends to keep popular orbits safer with their new Collision Avoidance Kit (CoLA)
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 […]
UK Government to offer financial support for debris removal missions + space legislation review
The UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy will begin to develop a number of initiatives to help protect the planet’s orbital environment. This announcement pledged to develop a […]
A world premiere for Airbus as the company delivers the third radar for the Copernicus satellite
Airbus has finished the third instrument for the Sentinel-1 satellite series which includes a new separation mechanism to help the spacecraft avoid space debris. The C-band radar for the Copernicus […]
Impulse Space secures million$$ that accelerates the firm’s path toward ‘access any-orbit’ missions
Impulse Space, Inc. has secured $10 million in funding by Lux Capital, a VC firm focused on emerging science and technology ventures. Following the recently raised $20 million seed round […]