# ADRAS-J: robot model

Canonical ID: `ad3abfca-69dc-4dc6-824a-3454c86eb82c`

- **Slug:** astroscale-adras-j
- **Form factor:** space
- **Maturity stage:** pilot
- **Lifecycle:** active
- **Deployments registered:** 1

## Specs

- **role:** debris inspection
- **autonomy:** autonomous RPO / proximity inspection

## Deployments

- [adras-j-leo-2024](/deployments/adras-j-leo-2024.md) at Low Earth Orbit (LEO) (id: `b459efef-6cda-4a78-9e9d-724fe6591766`)

## Manufacturer-attributed media (1)

_Manufacturer-supplied at the model level; not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker._

- **video**: [Astroscale ADRAS-J debris fly-around inspection](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_dW4PC139Q). _Courtesy of Astroscale_. Astroscale's on-orbit footage of its ADRAS-J spacecraft performing an autonomous close-proximity fly-around inspection of a spent Japanese H-IIA rocket upper stage (2024). This was rendezvous and inspection only, not capture or removal (capture is the future ADRAS-J2 mission). Autonomy attributed to Astroscale.


## Supply chain

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this model's suppliers._

_Suppliers appear when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is ADRAS-J?

Inspection demonstrator that performed the world's first RPO approach to a real, uncontrolled large debris object (a Japanese H-2A rocket upper stage).

### Who makes ADRAS-J?

ADRAS-J is made by Astroscale, based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2013.

### Where is ADRAS-J deployed?

1 verified deployment of ADRAS-J is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

### What is ADRAS-J's maturity stage?

ADRAS-J is at the pilot stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Pilot stage means at least one named-customer trial deployment is verified.


## Sources (1)

1. https://www.astroscale.com/en/missions/adras-j/

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