27 February 2025 – Astroscale Japan Inc. (“Astroscale Japan”), a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”), the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, has been awarded a 7.27 billion yen (including tax) contract by Japan’s Ministry of Defense to develop a responsive space system demonstration satellite prototype. The project, running from March 2025 to March 2028, includes the development and testing of a proto-flight model for a small geostationary demonstration satellite. In the launch and operations phases, which will be managed under a separate contract, the satellite will demonstrate technologies to advance space domain awareness (SDA), space surveillance, intelligence gathering and space operations capabilities. Read more