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Astroscale moving into GEO satellite servicing market

Astroscale is acquiring the rights to Effective Space Solutions' satellite servicing vehicle known as Space Drone.
SpaceNews.com

                        WASHINGTON — Astroscale announced June 3 it is acquiring the intellectual property of the satellite-servicing company Effective Space Solutions. The move positions Astroscale’s U.S. subsidiary to become a direct competitor to Northrop Grumman in the geostationary satellite servicing market.
Astroscale is a private orbital debris removal company headquartered in Tokyo. The agreement with Effective Space Solutions was signed by Astroscale U.S. Inc., based in Denver.
Effective Space Solutions, located in Israel, developed a satellite servicing vehicle known as Space Drone which is not yet in operation. Astroscale is acquiring the intellectual property associated with Space Drone and is hiring engineers and executives from the program.
Arie Halsband, founder and CEO of ...

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Congressional report refutes claim that a Space National Guard would be ‘cost neutral’

CBO estimates that standing up a Space National Guard would cost about $100 million a year.
SpaceNews.com

                        WASHINGTON — A new report by the Congressional Budget Office estimates that standing up a Space National Guard as a reserve component of the U.S. Space Force would cost the Pentagon about $100 million a year.
The CBO estimate released on June 2 contradicts arguments made by the National Guard Bureau that if a Space National Guard were established, it would not create additional costs because people and other resources would be transferred from existing organizations.
The cost of a Space National Guard is one of the concerns being weighed by DoD in the face of growing pressure from the National Guard Bureau and its congressional supporters to establish a separate component for space.
Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau, told lawmakers in ...