# ELSA-d: robot model

Canonical ID: `a849db2b-3190-4914-90e7-7090453e9683`

**Lifecycle:** superseded.

- **Slug:** astroscale-elsa-d
- **Form factor:** space
- **Maturity stage:** pilot
- **Lifecycle:** superseded
- **Deployments registered:** 1

## Specs

- **role:** active debris removal
- **autonomy:** autonomous rendezvous + magnetic capture (demo)

## Deployments

- [elsa-d-leo-2021](/deployments/elsa-d-leo-2021.md) at Low Earth Orbit (LEO) (id: `c3a16cb1-949d-45eb-b09c-632c73406e7c`)

## 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 ELSA-d concept of operations](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCWxdK7l0hI). _Courtesy of Astroscale_. Astroscale's concept-of-operations explainer (an animation) for its ELSA-d debris-removal demonstration, which used a magnetic capture system. In the actual 2021 demo, a thruster anomaly led to the planned final autonomous capture being aborted, a partial result, not a clean success. This is an explainer animation, not live capture footage; 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 ELSA-d?

Servicer+client debris-removal demonstrator (175 kg servicer) testing autonomous rendezvous and magnetic capture.

### Who makes ELSA-d?

ELSA-d is made by Astroscale, based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2013.

### Where is ELSA-d deployed?

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

### What is ELSA-d's maturity stage?

ELSA-d 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.

### Is ELSA-d still being made?

ELSA-d has been superseded by a newer generation. The historical record remains on the registry for reference.


## Sources (1)

1. https://www.astroscale.com/en/news/astroscales-elsa-d-finalizes-de-orbit-operations-marking-successful-mission-conclusion

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