Space-startup Astroscale completes Series C, will sweep the skies of debris
Space debris is a serious problem, threatening not only satellites and space vehicles, but our very economy. With space-based communications, television, military, and GPS/navigation systems, our economy is more dependent upon space that many realize. Astroscale, a newspace start-up based out of Singapore, Japan, and the UK, is developing technology to de-orbit dead satellites. Gracefully de-orbiting dead satellites will prevent them from colliding with other objects, damaging or destroying them and thereby creating yet…