ESA recently awarded a contract to D-Orbit for their commercial geostationary in-orbit servicing mission 'RISE', led by Italy. A small UK consortium led by D-Orbit-UK is supporting the mission, funded through the ESA Space Safety Programme.
Through the ESA Programme the UK is also supporting the ClearSpace-1 (or ADRIOS-1) active debris removal mission and ClearSpace's geostationary in-orbit servicing mission ENCORE. All of the missions are expected to launch in 2027 - 2028.
The ESA Programme is developing a wide range of technologies for observing, tracking and mitigating the risk of space debris.
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