Astroscale
Robot types: Debris removal, Satellite servicing. Risk band: Low RobotRisk index 8.6/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 11 of 11 among Space robotics companies with incidents (80 tracked).
Analyst brief
The record contains a single entry: a January 2022 pause of a debris-removal demonstration mission following an anomaly, rated severity 2. No fatality, fire, or recall is recorded, and the event reflects a self-initiated operational pause rather than a regulatory or press-driven disclosure of failure. The record shows no trajectory beyond this one dated event.
Risk index
Products and robot types
Industries: Space robotics (primary), Defense / space · Sectors: Defense and Space Manufacturing
Risk is scored per product and robot type: each incident is attributed to the product it names, or to the company's matching robot type. Listed industry was Defense / space; RobotRisk files this company under Space robotics because that is where its documented incident risk sits.
| Robot type | Share of company risk | Rank within type |
|---|---|---|
| Debris removal | 100% | 1 of 1 |
| Product | Robot type | Status | Incidents | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADRAS-J / ELSA-d | Debris removal | research | 1 | 8.6 |
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
| Incident type | Unique incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| malfunction | 1 | 100% |
Unique incident list
1 unique incident on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | ~Jan 2022 | malfunction | — | Astroscale pauses debris-removal demo following anomaly | SpaceNews |
S2 ~Jan 2022 · malfunction · Astroscale pauses debris-removal demo following anomaly
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | ~Jan 2022 | Astroscale pauses debris-removal demo following anomaly | SpaceNews |
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