Created: 2024-01-27
Updated: 2025-09-06
Company - Orbital Lasers (Sky Perfect JSAT)
Product/Service
- Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Category
- Active Debris Removal (ADR)
On-Orbit Servicing
Power Beaming
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- Not announced
Satellite for Removing Space Debris with a Laser. SKY Perfect JSAT has partnered with RIKEN, Nagoya University and Kyushu University to start the design and development of the world’s first* satellite that uses a laser to remove space debris such as nonfunctional satellites. Services are scheduled to begin in 2026. During the early-phase of the study, JSAT will be supported by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
- The method is very safe because there is no physical contact.
- Fuel is not needed to move the space debris since thrust is generated by material vaporization and ionization of the space debris surface, making this the method highly economical . Since it is not necessary for the laser satellite to carry fuel for moving the space debris, this method is highly economical.
Notes
- Connecting the Dots | Making light work of space junk removal, 2024-03-28.
- InspeCity and Orbital Lasers Co., Ltd. have officially signed an MoU to develop laser-mounted satellites for advanced In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) solutions.
- Orbital Lasers Raises Seed Round Funding, 2024-12-11.
- Japan, India startups to_ _study laser-equipped satellite to tackle space debris, 2024-12-17.
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