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Astroscale

Astroscale

Designs and operates spacecraft for on-orbit servicing, including debris removal, satellite life extension, and refueling across LEO and GEO

WEBSITE LINKEDIN X YOUTUBE CAREERS

1 SATS ON ORBIT $144K FED AWARDS 577 EMPLOYEES * 2013 FOUNDED

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SITREP

Astroscale is a publicly traded company focused on in-orbit servicing & assembly, space sustainability & debris removal, and space domain awareness. Based in Tokyo, Japan, it was founded in 2013 by Mitsunobu Okada, who leads it as CEO. It operates as a midstream operator spanning much of the space value chain. Its lineup includes the ADRAS-J and COSMIC services, the ELSA-M and Provisioner components, and the LEXI satellites. It has been awarded U.S. government contracts from NASA. It trades as TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE: 186A.

Status Operating

Listed TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE: 186A

HQ Tokyo, Japan

Locations Sumida, Tokyo, Japan Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK Denver, CO, USA Tel Aviv, Israel Toulouse, France

ACTIVITY

Network connection added Contractor for / 11h ago NETWORK JUL 21

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Network connection added Receives contract / USA SPENDING / 3d ago NETWORK JUL 18

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PERFORMANCE

FEDERAL AWARDS ALL CONTRACTS

$144K 1 AWARDS 1 AGENCY

NASA $144K

FLIGHT OPS ALL LAUNCHES

FINANCIALS VIEW ALL

$16.8M Revenue *

$144K Space fed-awards 1 agencies

CATALOG

service 7

ADRAS-J Active Debris Removal (ADR) Service COSMIC COSMIC SRR Inspect Remove Service

component 2

Docking Plate Robotic Servicing System

Other 2

ELSA-M Provisioner

satellite 1

CREW ALL PEOPLE

Mitsunobu Okada Founder & CEO

Nobu Okada Representative Director and President, Group CEO

Chris Blackerby Group Chief Operating Officer

Christopher Blackerby Director and Deputy President, Group COO

Gayle Sheppard Director

Gene Fujii Chief Engineer

Jan Wörner Director

Mike Lindsay Chief Technology Officer

Nick Shave Managing Director, Astroscale UK

Nobuhiro Matsuyama Chief Financial Officer

Ofir Azriel Managing Director, Astroscale Israel

Philippe Blatt Managing Director, Astroscale France

Ron Lopez President & Managing Director, Astroscale U.S.

Ronald Pasek Director

Yuko Noguchi Director

NETWORK GRAPH

COMPETITORS

Orbit Fab ClearSpace Kayhan Space Digantara

CLASSIFICATION

Sectors

In-Orbit Servicing & Assembly Space Sustainability & Debris Removal Space Domain Awareness

Technology

Autonomous Ops Active Debris Removal Life Extension Orbital Refueling

Orbit & Destination

Application

Commercial Government-Civil Government-Defense Space-to-Space

Thematic

Space Sustainability New Space Robotics Pioneer Platform Play

DATA & SOURCES

SourceProvidesRegistry ID

Company websitecompany profile, products, locations, press

USAspending.govfederal contract awards

GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat)satellites-on-orbit countGCAT ASTSC

SAM.govfederal vendor registration, UEI / CAGE / NAICSUEI MCJNXPJ2PNK8 / CAGE 8DEJ7

Industry pressnews coverage

Company job boardopen roles

* Lower-confidence value, or one we haven't anchored to a primary source yet. Profile assembled from 6 sources and cross-checked continuously.

PROFILE

Last verified 2026-06-25

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