# Astroscale: space company profile

> Astroscale: Astroscale develops satellite end-of-life and active debris removal services, working across on-orbit servicing since its founding in Japan in 2013.

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- Data as of: profile last verified 2026-02-09
- How the numbers are made: https://spacenexus.us/methodology#space-score

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## Profile facts

- Name: Astroscale
- What it does: Astroscale develops satellite end-of-life and active debris removal services, working across on-orbit servicing since its founding in Japan in 2013. (SpaceNexus analyst note)
- Sector: infrastructure
- Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan, JP
- Founded: 2013
- Employees: 501-1000
- Chief executive: Nobu Okada
- Status: active
- Ownership: public
- Publicly traded: yes, 186A on TSE
- Website: [https://astroscale.com](https://astroscale.com) (SpaceNexus profile)
- Profile claimed by the company: no
- Profile last verified: 2026-02-09

## Market data

- Share price: not available (-2.63% over 24 hours)
- Market capitalisation: not recorded
- Quote: stored values, last verified 2026-02-09 (the live quote did not answer)
- Quotes via Yahoo Finance and may be delayed; some exchanges by 15 to 20 minutes. For information only, not investment advice. Check prices with your broker before trading.

## Funding

- Raised privately before listing: $348.7M (8 private rounds on record before Jun 2024 (1 with no stated amount, counted but not added). IPO, offerings, debt and unconverted notes are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.)
- Last private round: Series G (Feb 2023)

| Date | Round | Amount (USD) | Lead investor | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2023-02-27 | Series G | $76.0M | - | [SpaceNews (Astroscale release)](https://spacenews.com/astroscale-raises-u-s-76-million-continuing-to-lead-the-growing-on-orbit-servicing-sector/) |
| 2021-11-25 | Series F | $109.0M | THE FUND Limited Partnership | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/astroscale-raises-109-million-series-f-round/) |
| 2020-10-13 | Series E | $51.0M | aStart Co., Ltd. | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/astroscale-e-round/) |
| 2019-04-10 | Series D extension | $30.0M | - | [Astroscale (press release)](https://astroscale.com/en/news/new-astroscale-funding-round-extension-contributes-to-expanded-global-presence-and-strengthened-leadership-team/) |
| 2018-10-31 | Series D | $50.0M | INCJ | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/orbital-debris-removal-company-astroscale-raises-50-million/) |
| 2017-07-14 | Series C | $25.0M | - | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/space-debris-removal-startup-astroscale-raises-25-million/) |
| 2016-03-01 | Series B | undisclosed | - | [Astroscale (press release)](https://astroscale.com/en/news/astroscale-secures-up-to-usd-35-million-capital-injection/) |
| 2015-02-16 | Series A | $7.7M | JAFCO | [Astroscale (press release)](https://astroscale.com/en/news/astroscale-raises-usd7-7-million-in-series-a-funding/) |

- Rounds come from company announcements, regulatory filings and press reports. Amounts, valuations and investors are as reported and may be incomplete or later revised. Not investment advice, and not an offer or solicitation for any security.

## Space Score

- Score 294 of 1000, tier Early Stage.
- Rank 70 of 93 ranked companies (likely between 60 and 83 given the pillars we have not measured).
- 4 of 6 inputs measured, medium confidence, 77% of applicable pillar weight backed by data; measured 2026-10-14 02:10 UTC.
- Scale (46% of this total): 39 of 100; not measured: Reported revenue
- Government space demand (31% of this total): 0 of 100
- Capital access (15% nominal, dropped): does not apply
- Momentum (23% of this total): not measured; counted at the roster median, 50; not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
- Flight record (20% nominal, dropped): does not apply
- Every input, value and percentile: [breakdown](https://spacenexus.us/rankings/space-score-methodology?company=astroscale#breakdown)
- The Space Score is a 0 to 1000 snapshot of a space company's size and activity, relative to the other companies we track. It combines size (headcount, market value and revenue, 30%), U.S. federal space contracts (20%), equity raised (15%), momentum (15%) and, for launch companies, orbital launches (20%), so it leans heavily on size. It is descriptive: not a forecast, a rating or investment advice.
- The Space Score ranks companies relative to each other on public data we hold. It describes; it does not rate, forecast or recommend. It is not a credit rating and not investment advice.

## Government contracts (latest)

| Award date | Agency | Title | Value (USD) | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-19 | NASA | HABITABLE WORLDS OBSERVATORY SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS AND MISSION ARCHITECTURE STUDIES WITH ASTROSCALE | $203K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80GSFC26C0009_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2022-05-27 | ESA | ELSA-M Servicer Design and Manufacturing Funding (ESA ARTES Sunrise partnership) | $15.9M | [Source](https://www.satellitetoday.com/space-economy/2022/05/27/astroscale-receives-esa-funding-for-2024-elsa-m-debris-removal-mission/) |
| 2020-03-23 | JAXA | CRD2 Phase I: Active Debris Removal | not recorded | [Source](https://global.jaxa.jp/press/2020/03/20200323-1_e.html) |

## Operations

- Open roles on the SpaceNexus jobs board: 0

## Sources

- [SpaceNexus company database](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles): profile facts, with the verification date above
- Each funding round's cited source: SEC filings, company announcements and press reports, linked per round
- Yahoo Finance: share price and market capitalisation
- Federal award records: contract awards

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