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• Astroscale debris-removal demo makes close approach despite thruster issues SpaceNews · 4 May 2022 Astroscale said May 4 it made another close-approach rendezvous between its two ELSA-d spacecraft last month but ongoing thruster problems continue to hold up a capture demonstration delayed from January.
• Astroscale to restart debris-removal demo with half the thrusters SpaceNews · 7 Apr 2022 Astroscale plans to resume an attempt to capture a satellite acting as a piece of debris in low Earth orbit despite losing half the servicer’s eight thrusters.
• Astroscale preparing to restart debris-removal demo SpaceNews · 17 Feb 2022 Astroscale said Feb. 17 it is preparing to resume an attempt to capture a satellite acting as a piece of debris in low Earth orbit, after pausing the demonstration three weeks ago to troubleshoot undisclosed problems.
• Astroscale pauses debris-removal demo following anomaly SpaceNews · 26 Jan 2022 Astroscale said Jan. 26 it has paused an attempt to autonomously capture an in-orbit satellite for the first time after detecting “anomalous spacecraft conditions.”
• Orbit Fab secures deal to refuel Astroscale’s satellite-servicing robots SpaceNews · 11 Jan 2022 Astroscale U.S., a provider of on-orbit services to extend the life of satellites, has signed an agreement to use Orbit Fab’s in-space fuel tankers.
• Astroscale raises $109 million Series F round SpaceNews · 25 Nov 2021 Astroscale announced Nov. 25 that it raised $109 million from European and Japanese investors in a round it says will allow it to accelerate plans for active debris removal and satellite servicing.
• Astroscale and New Zealand to partner on space sustainability projects SpaceNews · 11 Nov 2021 Astroscale signed an agreement with the government of New Zealand Nov. 10 to study advanced concepts for orbital debris removal.
• Rocket Lab to launch Astroscale inspection satellite SpaceNews · 23 Sep 2021 Rocket Lab will launch an Astroscale mission to rendezvous with a spent rocket stage in low Earth orbit, a prelude to eventually deorbiting the stage.
• Astroscale complete first test of satellite capture technology SpaceNews · 25 Aug 2021 Astroscale has completed the first major test of technology to capture and remove objects in orbit by releasing and then recapturing a small satellite.
• Ground station collaboration paving way for pioneering space missions SpaceNews · 11 Aug 2021 Ground station providers anticipate a new era of collaboration after coming together to support Astroscale, the startup months away from conducting the world’s first privately funded debris-removal demonstration.
• Astroscale and rocket maker MHI team up to develop debris removal technology SpaceNews · 27 Jul 2021 Astroscale announced July 27 that it will be working with rocket maker Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on technologies to help clean up space junk.
• Astroscale breaking new ground for on-orbit servicing demonstration SpaceNews · 29 Jun 2021 Astroscale is joining forces with four satellite ground station providers to deliver the level of connectivity it needs for the world’s first commercial debris removal demonstration this year.
• Privately-funded mission takes off to begin space debris cleanup trials Spaceflight Now · 22 Mar 2021 A commercial mission developed by the Japanese company Astroscale rocketed into space on a Russian Soyuz rocket Monday with 37 other satellites, ready to kick off an orbital “dance” with two small spacecraft demonstratin...
• Soyuz-2 rideshare launch for South Korea, Astroscale, dozens more delayed to March 22 SpaceNews · 20 Mar 2021 The launch of a Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying a South Korean remote sensing satellite and three dozen smaller satellites was delayed Saturday due to a problem with the rocket’s upper stage.
• As Astroscale prepares to launch debris-removal demo, UK eyes in-orbit servicing leadership SpaceNews · 18 Mar 2021 Astroscale expects to start performing its first end-to-end test of key technologies for in-orbit debris removal around the end of May, assuming a successful launch this month of the Tokyo-based startup’s ELSA-d demonstr...
• Astroscale announces 2021 Soyuz launch of ELSA-d mission SpaceNews · 18 Nov 2020 Astroscale plans to launch the first commercial active debris removal mission, End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration in March on a Soyuz rocket operated by GK Launch Services from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhst...
• Astroscale raises $51 million in Series E, $191 million overall SpaceNews · 13 Oct 2020
• Astroscale moving into GEO satellite servicing market SpaceNews · 3 Jun 2020
• Astroscale wins first half of JAXA debris-removal mission SpaceNews · 12 Feb 2020
• Orbital Debris Removal Company Astroscale Raises $50 Million Space.com · 2 Nov 2018
• Orbital debris removal company Astroscale raises $50 million SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2018