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📢 NEWS: Pics or it didn't happen. Behold, the world’s first image of space debris captured through rendezvous and proximity operations during our ADRAS-J mission.
#ShowtheWayADRASJ
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ADRAS-J UPDATE: We started our most challenging operation yet—fly-around observation—and nearly completed a full loop! While we didn’t make it all the way, we captured this incredible shot of the space debris above Earth and confirmed the effectiveness of our collision avoidance
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Moving in for a closer look! 🔎
From several hundred meters down to just 50, observe stunning new details of space debris thanks to our ADRAS-J mission.
#ShowtheWayADRASJ
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Very cool (and scary) video from
@AGItweets
which shows how crowded low Earth orbit will become over the next 10 years if all proposed
#satellites
launch. And btw this is in addition to the other 20,000 other
#space
objects which are already being tracked. Space needs rules!
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Congratulations to the team! 🎉 ADRAS-J is officially on duty and ready to rendezvous with some space debris! Let the new era of space sustainability begin!
#ShowtheWayADRASJ
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📣 ANNOUNCING: ADRAS-J is ready for launch on Feb 18 UTC! 🚀
This pioneering mission will approach, characterize, and survey large debris through Rendezvous and Proximity Operations, demonstrating the essential capabilities for delivering on-orbit services and paving the way
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From the very first renderings to the anticipation of launch day, witnessing the journey of ADRAS-J has been nothing short of incredible.
Now it's time to
#ShowtheWayADRASJ
!
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Bon voyage ADRAS-J! 👋 We've shipped ADRAS-J from our satellite manufacturing facility in Tokyo to the
@RocketLab
Launch Complex 1 New Zealand. We'll miss seeing ADRAS-J in our clean room but we are excited to launch and start this pioneering mission! 🚀
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Thanks for the ride! 🚗
There it goes! 🛰️👋
ADRAS-J is now in orbit, ready to start its mission of rendezvousing with an aging piece of space debris and observing it closely to determine whether it can be deorbited in future.
Proud to be part of this innovative
@astroscale_HQ
mission studying ways to
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🛰 ADRAS-J UPDATE:
Camera health checks ✔️
Test shoot of 🌍 with Visual Camera ✔️
#ShowtheWayADRASJ
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Yusaku Maezawa, the first private citizen to visit the International Space Station, has become one of our main investors! We are looking forward to our partnership.
@yousuck2020
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🛰️ ADRAS-J Update: Our spacecraft remains in good health and operations are going as planned. Both our teams in Japan and UK will continue to make scheduled thruster burns to ensure a safe approach towards the rocket upper stage over the coming weeks.
#ShowtheWayADRASJ
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❔ Why is this a big deal?
🛰️ A major challenge of
#spacedebris
removal, and on-orbit servicing in general, is docking with or capturing a client object.
🧲 And this test demo served as a successful validation of
#ELSAd
's ability to dock with a client.
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Astroscale +
@RocketLab
+ the moon = 😍
Today’s mission by the numbers
🚀 44th Electron launch overall
🚀 2nd Electron launch this year
🚀 Our 1st mission for
@Astroscale_HQ
🚀41st mission from LC-1
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Tomorrow is launch day! 🚀
So, what exactly will ADRAS-J attempt to achieve?
Learn everything you need to know including how the mission will demonstrate the essential rendezvous and proximity capabilities for delivering future safe and secure on-orbit services.
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1/ We are very excited to share that
#ELSAd
successfully completed controlled close-approach operations in orbit!
Not only is this a milestone for on-orbit servicing, but it's unprecedented for a commercially funded mission in LEO. 🛰️🎉
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We're ready to start designing and manufacturing our latest
#space
debris servicer, ELSA-M!
Partnered with
@OneWeb
,
@esa
&
@spacegovuk
in the Sunrise Programme,
#ELSAm
will be able to capture and remove multiple defunct satellites in a single mission.
👉
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Some of the incredible people behind the ADRAS-J mission! Checking in on our Mission Control Center in Tokyo. Looking good! 😎
#ShowtheWayADRASJ
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Excited to announce we have begun assembling ELSA-d, the world’s first commercial active debris removal mission that will pave the way for improved orbital sustainability 🛰️🧹
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ADRAS-J looking good in our clean room in Tokyo!
ICYMI, we've been selected as a contract partner for a technology study in Phase II of JAXA’s Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration Project (CRD2)👏
@jaxa_en
Read more here 🔗
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We're launching the next phase of our ELSA program with a £2.5 million grant from partners
@OneWeb
@spacegovuk
@esa
to service constellation satellites such as
@OneWeb
's Joey-Sat and to remove multiple pieces of debris in a single mission with ELSA-M.
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📢 NEWS: From thousands of kilometers down to just several hundred meters, this space chase has achieved yet another milestone in Rendezvous and Proximity Operations missions!
#ShowtheWayADRASJ
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📢 NEWS: ADRAS-J has achieved a major technical milestone: completion of the rendezvous phase and the beginning of proximity approach.
This success is underscored by starting Angles-Only Navigation, a navigation method to estimate relative position and velocity through the
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Our ELSA-d mission is reaching its grand finale. 🛰️✨
After showcasing vital space debris removal tech in 2021 and 2022, we're now focused on the last crucial step: the safe and controlled de-orbit of the ELSA-d servicer satellite.
#GoELSAd
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ELSA-d is moving (to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan)! Astroscale Announces March 2021 Launch Date for World’s First Commercial Active Debris Removal Demonstration Mission. Read all about it on the site:
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We are beyond excited to announce that we have been selected as commercial partner by
@JAXA_en
to achieve one of the world’s first debris removal missions 🚀🇯🇵
Read more 👉
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📢 NEWS: We've been awarded a grant of up to US $80M to inspect a large defunct satellite in orbit!
This mission will further enhance our RPO, inspection, and characterization capabilities for a diverse range of large debris objects in space.
Read more:
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📢 NEWS: ADRAS-J's legacy continues! Astroscale Japan has been selected for Phase II of JAXA's Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration.
ADRAS-J2 will be tasked with removing a rocket upper stage from orbit, addressing the critical space debris issue.
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It's been all eyes on
#ELSAd
for the past few months, but we have some exciting news about our next mission to launch with
@JAXA_en
#ADRASJ
🚀
Space junk, we’re coming for you!🚨We’re excited to announce we’ve signed a deal with
@astroscale_HQ
to launch an orbital debris removal demonstration mission. Read more:
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🔽 Learn more about this milestone and what you can expect from the remainder of our groundbreaking mission!
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📣 Funding news!
We are excited to announce we have raised U.S. $76 million from investors including Mitsubishi Electric and Yusaku Maezawa, bringing the total raised to U.S. $376 million.
@yousuck2020
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Curious about how ADRAS-J will safely approach and characterize a second stage rocket body through Rendezvous and Proximity Operations?
Watch the Concept of Operations in just 3 minutes!
#ShowtheWayADRASJ
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Astroscale UK
@astroscale_hq
was honoured to welcome HRH The Prince of Wales today. HRH joined John Auburn,
@GeorgeFreemanMP
,
@paul_bate
, Neil Masterson
@OneWeb
, Sanjay Bhandari
@satAppsCatapult
for a tour of
#ELSAd
Operations followed by a discussion on Space Sustainability.
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Check out how far we've come since the early days of our active debris removal concept, ADRAS, which explored adhesive technology for capturing space debris.
Fast forward a decade, and we've successfully launched and operated two satellites in orbit, with numerous others in
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We’re growing up fast in the UK 👩👩👧👦and to house the expanding team we're developing new offices and satellite manufacturing facilities
@HarwellCampus
. We'll be closer to our industry partners and
@esa
,
@spacegovuk
@SatAppsCatapult
. Read our latest story:
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📢 BIG NEWS! We’re opening an office in France 🇫🇷 & partnering with
@CNES
!
Together, we'll drive innovation and policy, address the threat of space debris, and bolster France’s global leadership in
#spacesustainability
.
#ParisAirShow
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Can't wait!
🚀 Next Electron on the pad is for
@astroscale_HQ
!
🌎 ‘On Closer Inspection’ is scheduled to launch during a 14-day window that opens Feb 19th NZDT at LC-1.
🛰️ The mission? An advanced satellite designed to test technologies & operations for approaching & monitoring orbital
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Revolutionizing the future of space, one mission at a time! Next to launch: ADRAS-J in just 7 hours with our partners
@RocketLab
. 🚀
#ShowtheWayADRASJ
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We were delighted to discuss
#SpaceSustainability
with Prince Charles
@ClarenceHouse
, Science Minister
@GeorgeFreemanMP
from
@beisgovuk
, Paul Bate
@spacegovuk
, Neil Masterson
@OneWeb
and Chair of
@SatAppsCatapult
to tour our
#ELSAd
Mission Operations Centre. Thank you coming.
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📢 MISSION UPDATE: We have completed the controlled de-orbit operations of ELSA-d, marking the conclusion of this groundbreaking mission!
ELSA-d paved the way for a new era of space sustainability by demonstrating capabilities essential for on-orbit servicing, including capture
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🚨 Funding News 🚨
We are excited to share we have secured U.S. $109 million from a group of investors including
@SeraphimCapital
and
@dnca
in our largest funding round ever, bringing total raised to U.S. $300 million!
Read more about this milestone 🔽
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In the
#2020NewYear
, we'll launch the world’s first commercial space debris removal mission
#ELSA_d
🛰
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62 years ago today, Sputnik 1 was launched and our growing reliance on satellites began:
1957 = 1 🛰️
2019 = 1,950 🛰️
2030 = 20,000+ 🛰️
This means:
⬆️ collision risk
⬆️ collision avoidance maneuvers
⬆️ cost for operators
This means:
⬆️ demand for debris removal services 🧹
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T-1 hour until ADRAS-J heads to space!!! 🚀
On Closer Inspection, you might just notice parts of Electron have turned white ❄️☃️
You know it’s almost launch time when ice starts to form on Electron’s carbon composite structure, meaning LOx load is underway.
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We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded a grant of up to US $4.5 million from the
@Tokyo_gov
"Innovation Tokyo Project" to build a roadmap for commercializing active debris removal services. Find out more ⤵️
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Four hours to go! 🚀
Electron is vertical on the pad in preparation for the launch of
#OnCloserInspection
for
@astroscale_HQ
Target lift-off time:
NZDT | 03:52 (19 Feb)
UTC | 14:52 (18 Feb)
PST | 06:52 (18 Feb)
EST | 09:52 (18 Feb)
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The moment captured in our Mission Control Center in Tokyo.
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Good morning Colorado Springs!☀️We are excited to be here at
#SpaceSymposium
to talk all things
#onorbitservicing
and
#spacesustainbility
. 🛰️We also have
#ELSAd
plushies to giveaway -- but there is a "catch"...
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Wishing you all a safe and happy holiday season! See you in 2022 🎉🍾
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Tune in for the launch of ADRAS-J!
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Astroscale U.S. has a new
#SpaceSweeper
!
@LucRiesbeck
will be interning to support global space policy, regulation, and legislation research.
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We had the honor of welcoming New Zealand Prime Minister
@chrisluxonmp
and his wife, Amanda Luxon, to our headquarters in Tokyo.
From exploring the Orbitarium and showcasing their skills in the debris catcher game to hearing about the latest on our ADRAS-J mission that launched
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Today we're announcing our selection in the Sunrise Project 🌅 a partnership led by
@esa
and
@OneWeb
to develop technologies necessary for safe
#spacedebris
removal with the ultimate goal of a sustainable orbital environment 🌎
Read more:
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Behind every mission is a dedicated team leading the way! Here’s to our teams in Japan and the UK, operating ADRAS-J during this crucial rendezvous phase.
#ShowtheWayADRASJ
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First end of life services and ADR in LEO 🧲
And now satellite life extension in GEO 🛰️
Today we are excited to announce that
@Astroscale_US
has acquired the IP, assets and will hire staff members of Effective Space Solutions, a satellite life-extension and servicing company.
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It's officially March which means the countdown to liftoff is ON! ⏲️🚀 Join us as we get just a littttttttle bit excited for launch on 20 March!!!
#GoELSAd
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“This as a huge step forward for us, certainly, but also for broader community and the on-orbit servicing ecosystem as a whole. We see this as the next step toward developing the technical capability for servicing satellites in space.” 🛰️🧲
#GoELSAd
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Wishing you a joyful holiday season! See you in the New Year!
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Here’s to
@ispace_inc
for their pioneering efforts in lunar exploration. We admire your determination and persistence, and your work is an inspiration!
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You can't talk about the growth of the
#spaceeconomy
without talking about
#spacesustainability
! Thanks to
@CBSNews
for including how our services could be used to recycle
#spacedebris
to build what's needed for space, in space. ♻️🛰️
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Our ELSA-d spacecraft is headed to the launch site! A new era of
#spacesustainability
starts with this shipment.
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A DOUBLE debris removal mission is happening! 🚨
We are very excited to announce we have been awarded a bid by
@spacegovuk
to study the removal of not one, but two defunct satellites from orbit! 🛰️🛰️
Read the release ⤵️
The UK is a world leader in using space to monitor and fight climate change.
#COP26
🌍
But space debris is a growing global threat to satellite services. 🛰️
Today we've announced new projects at
@IAC2021dubai
to help clear up and maintain orbits. 👇
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Got a question about space sustainability, space debris or ELSA-d?
@cweeden
and
@mikeclindsay
will be hosting an AMA on the r/space next Thursday, March 18, 5pm EDT to talk all things policy, technology and business case when it comes to clearing the orbits! 🛰️🌎
@reddit_AMA
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8 Days!🚀 In 2018 Astroscale UK received a £4 million grant from
@UKRI_News
to build an In-Orbit Servicing Control Centre at
@SatAppsCatapult
. The facility will form the basis for operating missions to clean up space debris with ELSA-d as its debut mission!
#GoELSAd
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Excited to announce this partnership with our friends at
@VirginOrbit
! Space sustainability is about to lift off 🚀 🔥
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Looking slick,
#ADRASJ
! 😎
Our upcoming mission will be the world’s first attempt to safely approach and characterize an existing piece of large debris through Rendezvous and Proximity Operations.
Learn more:
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“We have to make people aware that to reduce the amount of debris that exists, we have to make sure that any satellite that gets launched going forward can be removed more easily.” 🧲🛰️
#GoELSAd
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Welcome aboard the Astroscale spaceship. 🛸 Our destination is a future where
#spacesustainability
reigns supreme thanks to routine on-orbit services that support the development of space.
Learn more about our mission:
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Thank you! 🙏
Handing over to our Mission Operations at
@HarwellCampus
📡
Huge congratulations to all at
@astroscale_HQ
for the launch of
#ELSAd
this morning! 🚀
ELSA-d will be controlled from
@HarwellCampus
here in the UK, and will demonstrate a space debris capture technique to help clean up the space environment. 🛰️🌍
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📸 Historic moment at the
#ParisAirShow
! Astroscale France and
@CNES
have signed a contract to partner on an active debris removal study. 🛰️✍️
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After initiating its approach from thousands of kilometers away, our operations team successfully maneuvered ADRAS-J to within several hundred kilometers of the rocket upper stage. ADRAS-J's visual camera then successfully detected the client, and its images were processed using
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"But who is going to pay?" It's 1⃣ of the big ❓ we get asked.
Good thing
@harriet_brettle
is on the case to identify the commercial value of debris removal services & justify action to remove failed 🛰️
Find out how in our latest
#GetToKnowASpaceSweeper
:
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A glimpse into the atmosphere at our Mission Operations in the UK. Congrats Team! 🎉
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📢
#ELSA_d
update 📢
We wrapped up vibration testing earlier this week which means all environmental testing is complete! 👏 Both satellites are back at our Tokyo HQ for final testing and assembly before her voyage to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan 🚀
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Some
#TuesdayMotivation
💪 Seeing the progress of our space debris removal satellite ELSA-d covered in gold MLI for the first time. She is really starting to look like a satellite ready for launch (and clearing the orbits!)
#Astroscale2020
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We’re in Paris for
#IAC2022
! Come visit us at booth J9 to talk about
#spacesustainability
and our on-orbit services, or just to say hello.
And see our Technical Program presentation schedule here. 🔗
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Hear from our
@harriet_brettle
and an impressive lineup of speakers including
@planet4589
@DrStuClark
@CHenry_QA
@LeoLabs_Space
@OneWeb
on everything you need to know about
#spacedebris
in 30 minutes! 👇👂
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This is our Mission Operations Center at
@HarwellCampus
🇬🇧 The team here will be responsible for the safe and efficient operation of our
#spacedebris
removal satellite during its life in space, from launch to de-orbit. No biggie.
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[Press Release] ASTROSCALE Raises a Total of $25 Million in Series C
w/
@ANA
@OSGCorporation
@Astro_Naoko
@nobuokada
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🗓️ Save the date: February 18 UTC! ADRAS-J is ready to get up close and personal with an existing piece of large debris, blazing a trail for future on-orbit servicing missions!
#ShowtheWayADRASJ
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