Greg Wyler’s latest satellite venture, E-Space, aims to provide orbital mesh networks with a side gig of cleaning up space debris.
Satellite startup E-Space, which is working to develop a satellite mesh network in low Earth orbit, announced on Monday that it’s aiming to launch its first three test satellites later this year. If successful, the company will do one more test launch before moving to commercial deployment.
“What we’re doing is building systems that can connect to each other,” says E-Space founder and CEO Greg Wyler. Wyler knows a thing or two about satellite communications. In 2007, he founded O3B Networks, which has so far built a constellation of 20 satellites and was acquired by Luxembourg-based telecommunications company SES in 2016. In 2012, Wyler founded satellite internet company OneWeb, a competitor to SpaceX’s Starlink constellation with a valuation of nearly $3 billion, according to Pitchbook. E-Space’s constellation will be different from his past efforts in some ways, however.
Additionally, the satellites are designed with sustainability in mind, Wyler says. The company has designed its satellites in such a way that they’re able to “capture” tiny pieces of space debris while in orbit. Once the satellites have captured a set amount of debris, they’re programmed to de-orbit and burn up in the atmosphere.
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