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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.
ACTIVEClearSpace is an in-orbit servicing and active debris removal company, founded in Switzerland in 2018 and headquartered in Luxembourg, that is developing ClearSpace-1, Europe's first active debris removal mission, with the European Space Agency.
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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2 private rounds on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Latest government contract
ClearSpace-1 Active Debris Removal
ESA · $103M · Dec 1, 2020
Latest funding round
Series A+ · $6M
Dec 18, 2024
ESA-contracted active debris removal mission to rendezvous with, capture and deorbit ESA's PROBA-1 satellite (target changed from the original Vespa adapter in 2024).
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Compiled Oct 24, 2026 from 2 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Latest sourced round
Series A+: €5.5M (about $5.8M)
Dollar figure converted at 1.0496 EUR/USD (ECB euro foreign exchange reference rates) on Dec 18, 2024
Source: Paperjam
Announced Dec 18, 2024
Sourced rounds on record
2 rounds, $34.6M disclosed
Every round has a disclosed amount
Published rounds with a source link only, on the same rules as the funding tracker. Each round links the source that states its figure; amounts in other currencies are converted to dollars at the rate shown on the funding tracker.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 24). ClearSpace SA: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/clearspace
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "ClearSpace SA: Company dossier." Data as of October 24, 2026. Accessed October 24, 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 = {2026-10-24},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-24; each fact links its primary source}
}Took part in Series A (Jan 19, 2023)
Payload, Jan 19, 2023
Swisscom Ventures
Co-led Series A (Jan 19, 2023)
Payload, Jan 19, 2023