HRH Prince of Wales Meets with UK Champions of Space Sustainability
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales visited Astroscale’s ELSA-d Mission Control Centre to learn more from the first private company to demonstrate a vision for the safe and sustainable development of space for the benefit of future generations. His Royal Highness gathered with leading industry representatives from OneWeb and the Satellite Applications Catapult, together with Minister for Science, George Freeman MP, and Paul Bate, CEO of the UK Space Agency. The group toured the ELSA-d Mission Control Centre and met with a group of young engineers from Astroscale who are breaking new ground to provide a solution to the growing problem of space debris, an issue that puts critical satellite infrastructure and astronauts based on the International Space Station at serious risk.
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