Category

Debris Removal

14 organizations working in debris removal across the global space industry

Altius Space Machines

operational
Broomfield, United States Est. 2010

Altius Space Machines, founded in 2010 and based in Broomfield, Colorado, is a company focused on the emerging in-space services market. The company s...

Astroscale

operational
Tokyo, Japan Est. 2013

Astroscale is a pioneering on-orbit servicing company developing satellite life extension, space situational awareness, and active debris removal solu...

Leadership: Nobu Okada (CEO

Astroscale Holdings

operational
Tokyo, Japan Est. 2013

Space debris removal and on-orbit servicing leader. ELSA-d demonstration mission. ADRAS-J active debris removal. End-of-life services. Global sustaina...

Astroscale Japan

operational
Tokyo, Japan Est. 2013

Astroscale develops satellite servicers for debris removal and end-of-life services. Pioneer in active debris removal with ELSA-d demonstration missio...

Aurora Propulsion

operational
Espoo, Finland Est. 2018

Finnish company developing water-based plasma thrusters and plasma brakes for deorbiting. Resistojet and plasma propulsion for small satellites. Auror...

ClearSpace

operational
Ecublens, Switzerland Est. 2018

ClearSpace SA is a Swiss space debris removal startup founded as a spin-off from EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne) by experienc...

Astroscale Israel

development
Tel Aviv, Israel Est. 2019

Astroscale Israel, founded in 2019 and based in Tel Aviv, is a subsidiary of Astroscale Inc., focused on the development and provision of on-orbit ser...

Cosmoserve Space

development
Hyderabad, India Est. 2025

Developing autonomous robotic spacecraft using AI and soft robotics for debris removal. Founded by former ISRO scientists including Deputy Project Dir...

E-Space

development
Sarasota, United States Est. 2021

E-Space develops a sustainable satellite network designed for responsible deorbiting. Building communications constellation with debris mitigation bui...

Kurs Orbital

development
Moscow, Russia Est. 2020

Kurs Orbital, founded in 2020 and based in Moscow, Russia, is a space technology company focused on the development of infrastructure for on-orbit ser...

Obruta Space Solutions

development
Ottawa, Canada Est. 2019

Developing autonomous spacecraft docking technology (RPOD Kit) for on-orbit servicing and debris removal. First to use machine learning onboard Astrob...

Orbital Lasers

development
Tokyo, Japan Est. 2024

SKY Perfect JSAT spin-off developing satellite-based laser technology for debris removal. Partnership with RIKEN for laser ablation debris removal. Pl...

OrbitGuardians

development
Harwell, United Kingdom Est. 2020

OrbitGuardians develops space situational awareness and debris tracking solutions. The company provides services to help satellite operators avoid col...

Turion Space

development
Irvine, United States Est. 2020

Turion Space develops spacecraft for space logistics including debris removal and on-orbit servicing. Building solutions for sustainable space operati...