E-Space

E-Space was publicly launched in 2022 by satellite and space entrepreneur Greg Wyler, who previously founded OneWeb and O3b Networks.[1][7][3] Based both in France and the United States,[8] the company was created to form a network of inexpensive, small satellites to provide services to governments and businesses.[3][1]

At launch, it raised $50 million from Prime Movers Lab and other investors.[9][10]

In February 2022, Wyler told the Financial Times that E-Space would launch up to 100,000 satellites in orbit within a decade, and that their satellites were the "first to be designed to clean space."[3] He said that E-Space technology enables their satellites to collect orbital debris.[11] He also said E-Space satellites are designed to be resilient to a chain reaction of orbital collisions known as a Kessler event.[4]

E-Space's first three demonstration satellites were launched via Rocket Lab launch vehicles in May 2022.[5][6] As of August 2022, the company had filed for 300,000 satellites through the country of Rwanda.[5] In November of that same year E-Space also became one of the first companies in the world to be listed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's official satellite registry, thus providing legal permission for E-Space to provide land communications traffic in that country.[12]

In December 2022, E-Space announced its first acquisition with the purchase of CommAgility, a unit of the publicly-traded company Wireless Telecom Group that specializes in cellular and satellite signal management.[10][13]

E-Space satellites are smaller than most other commercial satellites,[14] and are designed to "crumple" if struck in space.[3][14] The satellites are also designed to collect space debris, and to automatically deorbit at the end of their lifespans to prevent leave additional debris.[3][1][11]