16 March 2026 – Astroscale Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc., has selected Isar Aerospace to provide launch services for the ELSA-M In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) mission. The mission represents a major milestone in Astroscale’s commercial end-of-life removal services and marks a critical step toward routine, scalable in-orbit servicing that supports a sustainable space environment. Under the new agreement, Isar Aerospace will launch the 520 kg ELSA-M servicer spacecraft, which will capture and remove an end-of-life Eutelsat OneWeb satellite. The mission will build on Astroscale’s proven rendezvous and proximity operations expertise from the ELSA-d and ADRAS-J missions, and marks the first time Isar Aerospace will deploy a spacecraft dedicated to end-of-life servicing. Read more