Astroscale just scored up to $80 million from the Japanese government to continue its fight against space junk. The Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (known as MEXT) ...

Watch this amazing time-lapse of: Astroscale's ADRAS-J mission completed fly arounds of a Japanese H-IIA rocket upper stage in 2024. The imagery would expect to be used for a future mission to remove ...

Scale model of Astroscale's Space Debris Removal Satellite ELSA-d on display at the 35th Space Symposium at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 10, 2019. Credit: Keith ...

TOKYO/BENGALURU--Japan’s Astroscale , a company specialized in removing orbital junk, has agreed with Bengaluru-based space companies Digantara and Bellatrix Aerospace to collaborate on technology and ...

Astroscale successfully released and then recaptured a small client satellite built by SSTL during an Aug. 25 test. Credit: Astroscale TAMPA, Fla. — Astroscale said Jan. 26 it has paused an attempt to ...

Orbital operations company Astroscale has revealed new details about its approach to refueling satellites in space, as part of a $25.5 million project exploring the concept with the Space Force. Their ...

Astroscale hit a major milestone Wednesday, when its space junk removal demo satellite that’s currently in orbit successfully captured and released a client spacecraft using a magnetic system. The End ...

In February 2009, two communications satellites accidentally collided over Russia, destroying each other and creating thousands of bits of debris adding to the already enormous problem of manmade junk ...

For decades, running out of fuel typically has meant the end of the mission for spacecraft orbiting Earth. Now, however, Southwest Research Institute is building a sort of space gas truck that could ...

Astroscale Holdings Inc. has secured a $109 million funding round that will support the Tokyo-based startup’s efforts to develop technology for removing debris in Earth’s orbit. The investment, led by ...

Space startup Astroscale has launched ELSA-d, the demonstration mission for its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale (ELSA) technology, which aims to dock with, and then safely remove, orbital debris.

Technology that could help humanity get a handle on the growing space-junk problem will get an orbital test early next year. The End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission will ...