Focus: Space Debris
September 22, 2021
Astroscale has chosen Rocket Lab to launch its first active debris removal mission. The company announced Sept. 21 that Rocket Lab will launch Astroscale’s Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) satellite, which has been selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for Phase I of its Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration Project (CRD2). This…
September 10, 2021
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded the U.K. branch of D-Orbit a contract to develop debris removal technology, the company announced Wednesday, Sept. 8. The ESA contract is worth $2.6 million (2.2 million euros) as part of ESA’s Space Safety Programme (S2P). D-Orbit will development and perform an in-orbit demonstration of a “Deorbit Kit”…
June 22, 2021
Space debris will be one of the key issues for the space and satellite over the next decade. In April, Findus Venture, an Austrian investor in New Space technology, announced a partnership with Spire Global to launch a debris-monitoring satellite next year. The ADLER-2 satellite, built on Spire’s LEMUR 6u platform, aims to enhance orbital…
June 16, 2021
LeoLabs will build its next space radar in the Azores islands of Portugal. The Space Situational Awareness (SSA) service company plans for the radar to be operational in the first half of 2022. The Azores islands are an autonomous region of Portugal located in the mid-Atlantic ocean. LeoLabs CEO Dan Ceperley said this investment into…