9 June 2026 – Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”), the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, today announced the launch of the Atmospheric Impact of Reentered Spacecraft (AIRS) initiative, an industry–academia collaboration convened by Astroscale to improve scientific understanding of the effects of spacecraft reentry on Earth’s atmosphere. Planet Labs PBC and the University of Southampton join Astroscale as founding participants in the initiative. Developed and convened by Astroscale, the AIRS initiative addresses this gap, enabling space operators and manufacturers to share non-proprietary spacecraft design information with academic researchers to improve the accuracy of atmospheric modeling while protecting commercially sensitive data. Read more