ELSA-M

Overview

Commercial end-of-life servicer that docks with a prepared client satellite using a magnetic docking plate and drags it down to a disposal orbit. Designed to service multiple satellites on a single mission.

Billed as the world's first commercial end-of-life service for prepared satellites. Astroscale selected Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket in March 2026 to launch the in-orbit demonstration, and the UK subsidiary finalized the contract for the mission's final phase, adding more than 2.3 billion yen to backlog.

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