Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) has been selected as the private sector implementation project for Phase I of JAXA's pioneering commercial debris removal demonstration (CRD2). ADRAS-J was launched in February 2024 and expected to complete its mission by the end of August. The mission involves approaching a Japanese upper stage rocket body, demonstrating proximity operations including orbiting around the upper stage, and gathering images to assess the rocket body’s movement and condition of the structure. This presentation will provide an overview of the mission and report on the results of the demonstration conducted in orbit.
Eijiro Atarashi (Fri,) studied this question.