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ClearSpace SA holds an €86 million ESA contract for ClearSpace-1, billed as the world's first active debris removal mission.
ACTIVEActive debris removal company with ESA EUR86M contract for world's first debris removal mission ClearSpace-1.
ClearSpace SA is a Swiss company developing debris removal and in-orbit servicing solutions. Selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the ClearSpace-1 mission, a EUR86M contract to remove the Vespa upper stage from orbit, making it the world's first active debris removal mission. The company uses capture-based approaches with robotic arms.
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Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
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Latest government contract
ClearSpace-1 Active Debris Removal
ESA · $95M · –
Latest funding round
Series A · $29M
Jan 19, 2023 · led by OTB Ventures; Swisscom Ventures
World's first active debris removal mission, contracted by ESA to remove the Vespa upper stage.
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Compiled Oct 7, 2026 from 1 public record. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Latest sourced round
Series A: €26.7M (about $28.9M)
Co-led by OTB Ventures and Swisscom Ventures. Dollar figure converted at 1.0815 EUR/USD (ECB euro foreign exchange reference rates) on Jan 19, 2023
Source: Payload
Announced Jan 19, 2023
600 T Space Investments
Took part in Series A (Jan 19, 2023)
Payload, Jan 19, 2023
Happiness Capital
Took part in Series A (Jan 19, 2023)
Payload, Jan 19, 2023
In-Q-Tel
Took part in Series A (Jan 19, 2023)
Payload, Jan 19, 2023
Lakestar
Took part in Series A (Jan 19, 2023)
Payload, Jan 19, 2023
Luxembourg Future Fund
Took part in Series A (Jan 19, 2023)
Payload, Jan 19, 2023
OTB Ventures
Co-led Series A (Jan 19, 2023)
Payload, Jan 19, 2023
Swisscom Ventures
Co-led Series A (Jan 19, 2023)
Payload, Jan 19, 2023
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 7). ClearSpace SA: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 7, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/clearspace
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "ClearSpace SA: Company dossier." Data as of October 7, 2026. Accessed October 7, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/clearspace.
BibTeX
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author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{ClearSpace SA}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/clearspace}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/clearspace},
urldate = {2026-10-07},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-07; each fact links its primary source}
}