Debris Removal
14 organizations working in debris removal across the global space industry
Altius Space Machines
operationalAltius 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
operationalAstroscale 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
operationalSpace debris removal and on-orbit servicing leader. ELSA-d demonstration mission. ADRAS-J active debris removal. End-of-life services. Global sustaina...
Astroscale Japan
operationalAstroscale develops satellite servicers for debris removal and end-of-life services. Pioneer in active debris removal with ELSA-d demonstration missio...
Aurora Propulsion
operationalFinnish company developing water-based plasma thrusters and plasma brakes for deorbiting. Resistojet and plasma propulsion for small satellites. Auror...
ClearSpace
operationalClearSpace 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
developmentAstroscale 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
developmentDeveloping autonomous robotic spacecraft using AI and soft robotics for debris removal. Founded by former ISRO scientists including Deputy Project Dir...
E-Space
developmentE-Space develops a sustainable satellite network designed for responsible deorbiting. Building communications constellation with debris mitigation bui...
Kurs Orbital
developmentKurs 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
developmentDeveloping autonomous spacecraft docking technology (RPOD Kit) for on-orbit servicing and debris removal. First to use machine learning onboard Astrob...
Orbital Lasers
developmentSKY Perfect JSAT spin-off developing satellite-based laser technology for debris removal. Partnership with RIKEN for laser ablation debris removal. Pl...
OrbitGuardians
developmentOrbitGuardians develops space situational awareness and debris tracking solutions. The company provides services to help satellite operators avoid col...
Turion Space
developmentTurion Space develops spacecraft for space logistics including debris removal and on-orbit servicing. Building solutions for sustainable space operati...