Japan's Astroscale, a company specializing in removing orbital junk, has agreed with Bengaluru-based space companies Digantara and Bellatrix Aerospace to collaborate on technology and services, it said on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/21/companies/japan-india-space-debris/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #astroscale #space #indiajapanrelations #india #startups

https://www.europesays.com/1750958/ UK Space Agency: Space sustainability | WiredGov Newswire (news from other organisations) #Active #agency #assembly #Astroscale #CLEAR #ClearSpace #Conference #COSMIC #earth #ESA #ISAM #Orbit #Outer #removal #space #sustainability #UK #videoThere #visit #Watch

Space junk removal startup Astroscale is targeting a Tokyo listing as early as June, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/05/companies/space-junk-removal-startup-listing/ #business #companies #astroscale #ipo #tokyo #space #startups

• #SpinLaunch - centrifuge
• #GreenLaunch - cannon
• #PLDSpace - rocket
• #ImpulseSpace - in-space propulsion
• #ClearSpace - #SpaceDebris cleanup
• #Orbex - biopropane rocket
• #Astroscale - #SpaceDebris cleanup, #satellite refueling
• #RelativitySpace - #3DPrinted rocket
• #SpacePioneer - liquid propellant rocket
• #Gravitics - modular #SpaceStation
https://interestingengineering.com/lists/10-space-startups-eye-on-2024

Astroscale Holdings said Monday that it has successfully launched a satellite to survey the state of a jettisoned rocket section in orbit in space. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/02/19/companies/japan-startup-space-debris/ #business #companies #startups #astroscale #space #satellites #rockets

February 18, 2024 The #Electron lifted off from #RocketLab’s Launch Complex 1* in #NewZealand . Payload for this launch was the Active #Debris Removal by #Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) spacecraft https://spacenews.com/electron-launches-astroscale-inspection-satellite/

* https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=Rocket+Lab+Launch+Complex

#Astroscale's Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (#RPO) includes #SpaceDebris observation, as well as approach, capture, and #deorbit. The Active Debris Removal was due to launch in November aboard a #RocketLab #Electron launch vehicle . The mission is currently on hold after Rocket Lab suffered an anomaly on September 19. https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/japanese-spacecraft-large-space-debris

Seradata: ":Astroscale updates us on its progress on COSMIC an ADR project for the UK government"

"COSMIC (Cleaning up Outer Space Mission through Innovative Capture) is a UKSA-sponsored ADR (Active Debris Removal) mission to de-orbit two aged British satellites .." "targets .. not yet fixed, .. two selected will be from .. UoSAT-12 and UoSAT-3, -4. and -5."

https://www.seradata.com/iac-2023-baku-astroscale-updates-us-on-its-progress-on-cosmic-an-adr-project-for-the-uk-government/

5.10.2023

#Astroscale will capture old space junk with #robotic arm in 2026 (exclusive video)...
https://www.space.com/astroscale-space-junk-removal-2026-plan-exclusive-video
#SpaceDebris is a growing problem. Some 34,260 debris objects — including used rocket stages, old #satellites and fragments created in collisions — are currently tracked by #space surveillance networks, according to the European Space Agency (#ESA). This number is bound to grow in the coming years as more and more satellites are being launched...

"Astroscale und Momentus bieten der NASA gemeinsam eine kommerzielle Lösung zur Anhebung des Hubble Weltraumteleskops und zur Bereitstellung zusätzlicher Serviceleistungen im Weltraum. Ein Reboost würde die Lebensdauer .. verlängern und das erfolgreiche Erbe unzähliger wissenschaftlicher Entdeckungen fortführen. Eine Pressemitteilung von Momentus Inc."

https://www.raumfahrer.net/bahnanhebung-gefaellig/

#Astroscale #Bahnanhebung #HST #Hubble #Momentus #NASA #Raumfahrt #Reboost #Weltraumteleskop

9.5.2023

#PhysicsWorld "the official line from the #government is that #SpaceLaunch facilities will be a boon to the #UK economy, swelling UK industry capitalization from £17 billion now to £40 billion by 2030. One hurdle is #competition. There are around 168 #LaunchCompanies around the world , at different stages of development. Even if many fall by the wayside the #LaunchMarket will inevitably become crowded, making it a challenge for UK #SpacePorts to compete.
#Skyrora uses #Ecosene, a premium kerosene derived from unrecyclable #plastic waste . #Orbex uses the renewable ultralow-carbon fuel #BioLPG. #ClearSpace and #Astroscale are designing missions to remove #SpaceDebris." https://physicsworld.com/a/uk-spaceports-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly

#OpenStreetMap aerospace:product in #UK https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1sz3