Astroscale secures UK defense contract for space weather, object-tracking mission

Published on June 16, 2025

Astroscale, the space junk removal venture, announced a British government contract June 16 worth about $7 million to deploy a pair of cubesats in 2027 to monitor space weather while tracking other objects in low Earth orbit.

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