Astroscale, HEO sign three-year MoU to boost monitoring and on‑orbit servicing for allied nations

Astroscale signed a three‑year MoU with High Earth Orbit Robotics (HEO) to deepen an existing partnership and deliver capabilities to monitor, assess and service defense, government and commercial satellites for allied nations. The program targets improved space‑domain awareness and on‑orbit servicing to boost resilience and orbital sustainability.

Discovered 2025-09-29T16:12:36.249043-07:00 | 2025-09-29T16:12:36.249043-07:00

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The three‑year commitment formalizes a supplier pathway to deliver monitoring, assessment and on‑orbit servicing for defense, government and commercial satellites — a direct response to shifting procurement signals that are expected to drive satellite orders and government contracts (see the link on expected satellite order growth: https://hype.aero/?story=22e47724-842e-4687-82fc-93f4e86b9450).
HEO’s recent commercial wins for automated non‑Earth imaging demonstrate an operational sensor and tasking capability that can be applied to allied space‑domain awareness requirements (context: https://hype.aero/?story=020b27f4-e617-4bf3-bd0e-33bc97cef78a).
Astroscale’s parallel work with NASA to validate rendezvous, proximity operations and refuelling shows the technical building blocks for those servicing and resilience missions are maturing and could be transitioned to allied operations (background: https://hype.aero/?story=9a6513c7-13c8-4b34-b5ba-b726c00d5b10).

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