ELSA-M

Date and mission

Date according to source

Planned for 2028

Status according to source

Provisional

Rocket

Spectrum →

Launch provider

Isar Aerospace

Launch Site

Andøya Spaceport →

Launch Platform

Orbital Launch Pad

European reference

Europe as a launch service provider

Payload participation

Astroscale

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13 Mar 2026, 13:23 UTC

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Spaceflight News API ↗ · Retrieved: 29 Oct 2026, 20:13 UTC

Original source description (English)

ELSA-M (End of Life Services by Astroscale – Multiple) is Astroscale’s commercial satellite service designed to remove inactive satellites from orbit. It is the world's first End-of-Life (EOL) service for prepared, full-sized commercial end customers, harnessing magnetic capture for multiple satellite removals. The in-orbit demonstration mission is a partnership programme led by Astroscale and supported by the UK Space Agency, ESA, and the commercial satellite operator Eutelsat through the Sunrise Partnership Project, a public–private partnership between ESA and Eutelsat Group. The mission will safely approach and dock with a Eutelsat OneWeb communications satellite at its end of life, then remove it from orbit. This world first commercial ‘de-orbit as a service’ demonstration showcases the technologies and operational capability needed to reduce collision risk in Earth’s increasingly crowded Low Earth Orbit.

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