Focus: Space Debris
December 3, 2018
In the middle of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) ambitious Space Month initiative in November, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai sat down for an interview with Via Satellite to discuss a regulatory agenda that he believes will cultivate innovation in space. “Some might say that nine space-related items on the agenda for a monthly meeting…
November 15, 2018
NorthStar Earth and Space (NorthStar E&S) received $39.3 million (CA$52 million) in additional financing from strategic partners for the development of NorthStar, a global environment information platform aiming to help society's ability to manage our impact on Earth and its natural resources. The governments of Canada and Quebec are each contributing $9.8 million (CA$13 million). Private…
October 31, 2018
Astroscale, a Singapore-based company developing a space debris removal service, secured $50 million of new Series D round funding to clean Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The group of investors was led by INCJ, including funds operated by SBI Investment (SBII) and Mitsubishi Estate. This is the fourth round of funding raised by the company, and…
October 30, 2018
Space engineers have teased images taken in-orbit by the RemoveDebris satellite, marking another successful Active Debris Removal test by the international project. RemoveDebris carried out a test of its onboard vision-based navigation (VBN) system on Oct 28. The test saw the RemoveDebris spacecraft release a target cubesat, and then take images of the descending…