Astroscale
Astroscale (TYO: 186A) is a publicly traded In-Space Infrastructure & Servicing company founded in 2013 and based in Tokyo, Japan.
Founded in 2013 by IT entrepreneur Mitsunobu 'Nobu' Okada, Astroscale is a Tokyo-headquartered pioneer of on-orbit servicing, spanning active debris removal, end-of-life deorbiting, life extension, and refueling. Its ADRAS-J mission was the world's first attempt to safely approach, characterize, and survey an existing large piece of debris (a spent Japanese rocket upper stage) through rendezvous and proximity operations. Astroscale raised roughly $383M privately through a Series G before listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in June 2024 under ticker 186A, raising about $150M in its IPO. The company operates units in Japan, the UK, the US, and Israel.
Astroscale is the most established pure-play in on-orbit servicing and debris removal, and one of the only public companies whose business is keeping orbit usable and extending satellite lifespans.
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Japan·public · TYO: 186A 
