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NEWS28 Feb 2020News

Astroscale Selected as Commercial Partner for JAXA’s Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration Project

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February 12, 2020 – Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”), the market-leader in developing technology and services to remove space debris and secure long-term orbital sustainability, today announced it has been selected as the commercial partner for Phase I of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) first debris removal project, a groundbreaking step by Japan to commercialize space debris removal.

 

Watch Phase I of CRD2 ConOps video here.

Further information on JAXA’s CRD2 Project here (only available in Japanese)

English press release is available here.​

Japanese press release is available here.​​

 

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