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There Are No Real Rules for Repairing Satellites in Space—Yet

Fixing, refueling, and upgrading satellites in orbit is about to become more common. A group is pushing for international standards to keep these missions safe.

-10 December 2020

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MOSAR Project Achievement

Maxar’s Intro to OSAM (On-orbit servicing, assembly, manufacturing) video as part of the Space Foundation’s Start Here for Space web series

Astroscale Advances On-Orbit Servicing Technologies with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the Government of Japan

Top 30 Space Execs to Watch in 2021: The Aerospace Corp’s Ron Birk

Astroscale’s ELSA-d Launch Re-scheduled for March 22, 06:07 UTC

Astroscale’s ELSA-d Mission Ready for Launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Saturday, March 20

NASA Partners with Altius, Honeybee & OrbitFab to Test Satellite Fixtures for Robotic Grappling

Space startup Gitai raises $17.1M to help build the robotic workforce of commercial space

Astroscale U.S. Appoints Sandor Nemethy as Director, GEO Spacecraft Systems

Industry Offering On-Orbit Satellite Servicing

Orbit Fab and SCOUT Collaborate to Host First Commercial Load Inspection for Space Situation Awareness on the Launch of Fuel Tankers in 2021

Astroscale Ships ELSA-d Spacecraft to Launch Site

Astroscale Founder & CEO Nobu Okada Named Leader of the Year by SpaceNews

Astroscale Founder & CEO Nobu Okada Named Leader of the Year by SpaceNews

There Are No Real Rules for Repairing Satellites in Space—Yet

Astroscale U.S. Astroscale Announces March 2021 Launch Date for World’s First Commercial Active Debris Removal Demonstration Mission

Astroscale U.S. Astroscale’s Founder & CEO, Nobu Okada, Elected as a Vice President of the International Astronautical Federation

Astroscale U.S. Astroscale Brings Total Capital Raised to U.S. $191 Million, Closing Series E Funding Round

Semantics in lexicon: Moving away from the term “salvage” in outer space

Semantics in lexicon: Moving away from the term “salvage” in outer space

Astroscale U.S. Astroscale Awarded Grand Prix At The Unesco Netexplo Innovation Forum 2020

GITAI and Nanoracks announce technical demonstration of a GITAI robot inside the Bishop Airlock

GITAI and JAXA to Embark on the Co-creation of World’s First Space Robot Business

Astroscale U.S. Appoints Carolyn Belle as Director, Advanced Systems, and Rob Staples as Program Manager

Astroscale U.S. Appoints Becky Yoder as Senior Vice President for Finance and Business Operations