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Astroscale

Products: debris-removal, satellite-servicing. Risk band: Low   RobotRisk index 5.3/100 (incidents/exposure, time-weighted) · 87th percentile of 118 defense space companies.

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 index of 5.3 and 87.2 percentile place Astroscale in the low band within defense-space, consistent with a single low-severity anomaly rather than a systemic issue. The record shows no trajectory beyond this one dated event.

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012022 S2: 1122
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Incident log (1 unique incidents)

SevDateTypeLocationIncidentSource
S201/2022 malfunction Astroscale pauses debris-removal demo following anomaly SpaceNews

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