BRUSSELS — Exotrail, a French company specializing in multi-orbit satellite mobility and focused on LEO service vehicles, together with Astroscale France, the French subsidiary of the Japan-based ...

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) ...

A new video from Japan-based company Astroscale demonstrates a bold new proposal for cleaning up low Earth orbit (LEO). Astroscale launched an initial flight for a previous iteration of its vehicle, ...

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 ...

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, a well-capitalized Japanese startup, is preparing a small satellite to do something that has never been done in space. This new spacecraft, delivered into orbit Sunday by Rocket Lab, will ...

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.

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 ...

Japanese space startup Astroscale has raised $109 million in a new Series F round of financing, bringing the company's total funding raised to date to $300 million. The company specializes in on-orbit ...

Astroscale UK has been awarded a €399,000 (approximately £350,000) contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to lead the initial design phase of a mission aimed at refurbishing and upgrading ...