Astroscale's technologies are aimed at docking and grappling satellites, including uncontrolled spacecraft that are tumbling.
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Japan’s Ministry of Defense has awarded Astroscale a contract to develop “a general gripping mechanism system” to grab “national satellites.” The contract is worth about ¥1 billion ($6.4 million), with the project running through March 2028, Astroscale said on Jan. 5. Astroscale started as a company...
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