https://spacewatch.global/tag/nobu-okada/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:11:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/nobu-okada/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/10/iac-2024-nobu-okada-and-nick-shave-of-astroscale-on-active-debris-removal/ Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=61816 At the 75th IAC in Milan, Astroscale CEO Nobu Okada and Managing Director Nick Shave discussed the company's pioneering efforts in space debris removal. Astroscale aims to create a circular economy in space, with two missions: the first deep removal technology demonstration and the world's first real debris inspection satellite.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/06/astroscale-expands-operations-to-france/ Tue, 20 Jun 2023 06:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49521 Astroscale Holdings Inc. has announced the opening of Astroscale France SAS (“Astroscale France”) and a contract with the French national space agency, Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES). The contract, which both parties will sign on June 20 at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, formalizes a partnership between Astroscale France and CNES. Furthermore, it includes a funded study for active debris removal of French space debris. In addition, both parties will determine the specific debris in early 2024. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/02/astroscale-raises-u-s-76-million-in-series-g-funding/ Mon, 27 Feb 2023 07:00:13 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46886 Astroscale Holdings Inc., has closed a Series G round with more than U.S. $76 million in funding from new investors Mitsubishi Electric, Yusaku Maezawa, Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Mitsubishi Corporation, Development Bank of Japan, and FEL Corporation. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/01/spacewatchgl-opinion-space-sustainability-trends-2020-2021-and-beyond/ Sun, 17 Jan 2021 09:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29717 https://spacewatch.global/2020/12/astroscale-ships-elsa-d-spacecraft-to-launch-site/ Tue, 22 Dec 2020 07:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29231 Astroscale has shipped its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale demonstration (ELSA-d) satellite to Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a March 2021 launch on a Soyuz rocket.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/astroscales-okada-elected-vp-of-international-astronautical-federation/ Mon, 19 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27342&preview=true&preview_id=27342 Astroscale's Okada elected VP of International Astronautical Federation]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/japanese-space-debris-specialist-astroscale-raises-51-million/ Wed, 14 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27187&preview=true&preview_id=27187 Japanese space debris specialist Astroscale rais]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/astroscale-u-s-enters-the-geo-satellite-life-extension-market/ Fri, 05 Jun 2020 05:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23188 Astroscale U.S. Inc., the US unit of Astroscale Holdings Inc., a market leader in securing long-term orbital sustainability, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the intellectual property and other assets and to hire certain members of the staff of Effective Space Solutions R&D Ltd. (ESS), an Israeli satellite life-extension and servicing company. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/astroscale-opens-series-e-funding-round-and-secures-first-investor/ Tue, 19 May 2020 05:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22639 Astroscale Holdings Inc., a market-leader in developing technology and services to remove space debris and secure long-term orbital sustainability, announced on 18 May 2020 that it has opened a Series E funding round and has secured I-NET CORP., a]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/astroscale-selected-as-commercial-partner-for-jaxas-commercial-removal-of-debris-demonstration-project/ Thu, 13 Feb 2020 06:00:21 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19364 Japan's Astroscale Holdings 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, the company announced 12 February 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/spacewatchgl-oped-my-2019-in-a-review-by-harriet-brettle/ Wed, 01 Jan 2020 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18127&preview=true&preview_id=18127 These personal reviews are being published during the holiday season. This is Harriet Brettle of Astroscale.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/uks-surrey-satellite-ships-elsa-d-target-satellite-to-japans-astroscale/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 06:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16952 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has shipped a 16kg Target satellite for Astroscale's End-of-Life Services by Astroscale demonstration (ELSA-d) mission to Tokyo, where it will be bolted to the Chaser satellite for environmental testing ahead of launch in 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/japans-astroscale-on-path-to-commercial-space-debris-removal-operations-with-elsa-d-mission/ Mon, 14 Oct 2019 05:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16403 Astroscale Holdings Inc., the market-leader in developing a service to remove space debris and secure long-term orbital sustainability, has announced it has entered the assembly, integration and test (AIT) phase of its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission, following completion of rigorous design reviews and subsystem testing.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/singapores-astroscale-completes-30-million-series-d-funding-round-to-open-u-s-office-in-denver/ Mon, 15 Apr 2019 05:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13484 Astroscale Holdings Inc., the market-leader in developing a space debris removal service to secure long-term orbital sustainability, has announced the opening of a new office in Denver, Colorado (“Astroscale U.S.”), adding a strategic United States base to already established entities in Singapore, Japan and the United Kingdom.]]>