Astroscale is making a move into Geostationary (GEO) on-orbit servicing. Astroscale U.S. Inc., the U.S. unit of Astroscale Holdings Inc., is acquiring the intellectual property of Effective Space Solutions R&D Ltd. (ESS), an Israeli satellite life-extension and servicing company.  “Astroscale is known for blazing trails in on-orbit debris-removal services in (Low-Earth Orbit) LEO, and now…

Throwing money at problems works in space, too! A paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says that the space debris problem can be fixed once and for all, not by the engineers and scientists who consider space their domain, but with cold, hard cash: about $235,000 per satellite. Such a plan would create financial barriers…

Astroscale Holdings Inc. has opened a Series E funding round and secured Japanese data center provider I-NET Corp. as its first investor, the company announced Monday. Astroscale hopes to close the Series E funding round by the end of 2020, and the amount of I-NET’s investment was not disclosed. Astroscale, which is developing technology and…

LeoLabs, Inc. has released LeoLabs Collision Avoidance, an automated collision avoidance platform for satellite operators. The product is powered by LeoLabs global network of radars and built on the LeoLabs SaaS data platform. LeoLabs said in a May 13 release that the cloud-based service offers a real-time stream of alerts and on-demand risk analyses to…