Astroscale: Commercial (Japan), launches, rockets and satellites

Industry / Companies / Astroscale

0Orbital launches

0All launches (incl. suborbital)

1Satellites in orbit

2Satellites built

0Rockets / spacecraft

Astroscale is a commercial company based in Japan, founded in 2013. Our records show 1 satellites in orbit.

Official website · Wikipedia · More from Japan

In the news

Recent headlines

UK MOD Awards £15 Million Orbital Warfare Project to Astroscale European Spaceflight · 29 Oct 2026
Astroscale raises funding to support growth strategy SpaceNews · 22 Jun 2026
Astroscale passes key design milestone for UK military space-tracking cubesats SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2026
Astroscale selects Isar Aerospace to launch ELSA-M mission SpaceNews · 13 Mar 2026
Isar Aerospace to Launch Astroscale ELSA-M Orbital Debris Removal Mission European Spaceflight · 13 Mar 2026
Astroscale Japan to mature electric refueling for future GEO servicing SpaceDaily · 10 Feb 2026
Exotrail and Astroscale France join forces to build deorbiting capability for LEO SpaceNews · 28 Jan 2026
Q&A: The pace is picking up for Astroscale SpaceNews · 4 Nov 2025
Liberatech Space to offer custom Earth-observation products for commodity, energy and environmental monitoring SpaceNews · 30 Jun 2025
Astroscale secures UK defense contract for space weather, object-tracking mission SpaceNews · 16 Jun 2025

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This entry merges 2 sources: Launch Library 2 · GCAT (J. McDowell)
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Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.