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Astroscale pauses debris-removal demo following anomaly
S2 · ~Jan 2022 · Astroscale
Record
| Company | Astroscale |
| Industry | Space robotics |
| Product | ADRAS-J / ELSA-d |
| Robot type | Debris removal |
| Type(s) | malfunction |
| Date | ~Jan 2022 (month precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | (minor injury or single-unit damage) |
| Scale | not documented |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
Astroscale paused its ELSA-d debris-removal demonstration mission after an unexplained technical anomaly; later restarted with reduced thruster capacity.
Primary source
Publisher: SpaceNews · Retrieved: 2026-10-30
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~Jan 2022 | Astroscale pauses debris-removal demo following anomaly | SpaceNews | SpaceNews |
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malfunction context
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