UK-based satellite servicing and space debris removal company Astroscale has reached an important milestone in its mission to promote long-term orbital sustainability.
This week the ESA-supported firm opened a new manufacturing and operations facility at Harwell campus in Oxfordshire.
This photo captures Nick Shave, Astroscale Ltd. Managing Director, delivering an address at the opening ceremony.
It also includes, from left to right, Dr Kathy Bass, Deputy Director – Space Strategy and UK Space Agency Sponsorship, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy; AVM Paul Godfrey, Commander, Space Command; Dr Paul Bate, Chief Executive Officer of the UK Space Agency; and Nobu Okada, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Astroscale.