Autonomous drone swarms that locate, capture, and recycle orbital debris. Not another expensive single-target mission — a fleet working orbit by orbit, turning debris into feedstock.
Mission Log
Explore the seeded example catalog in the debris field simulation.
Read the collision-risk telemetry dashboard scaffold with simulated data.
The canonical outreach pre-read is ready.
How OLE Works
Multi-sensor fusion produces high-confidence catalog of 1–10kg objects.
Electroadhesive grapple engages; cold gas propulsion executes safe-push to designated relocation orbit (e.g., +50km above operational bands).
Cluster orbit is preserved as a future resource inventory — feedstock for in-space manufacturing or refurbishment.
Safety Doctrine
Every swarm operation is governed by a three-layer collision avoidance architecture: 72-hour predictive screening, real-time sensing, and fail-safe dispersal.
Monte Carlo collision-risk modeling and Kessler cascade stress testing make collision and cascade behavior explicit for review.
If swarm consensus connectivity is lost, each drone independently executes a +5km dispersal maneuver and holds until ground re-contact.
New debris creation from mission operations is classified as a Level 1 failure — a mission-terminating event.
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Mega-constellations are deploying thousands of satellites. Collisions generate thousands more fragments. Current debris removal costs $100M+ per object. At that rate, Kessler Syndrome triggers before we clean a fraction of what's up there. We need a fundamentally different architecture.
Coordinated fleets of mass-produced drones that sweep debris fields in parallel. One mothership deploys dozens of capture agents per orbital pass.
Capture and process materials in orbit instead of burning them up on reentry. Aluminum, titanium, and rare metals become feedstock for in-space manufacturing.
Systematic sweeps across congested altitude bands — LEO (low Earth orbit, ~160–2,000 km altitude) first, then MEO and GEO as the fleet scales.
Debris removal contracts fund operations. Recycled materials sell to in-space manufacturers. Two revenue streams, one platform.
| Factor | Industry Standard | OrbitReclaim |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Single spacecraft per target | Drone swarm per orbit band |
| Cost per removal | $86M+ (ClearSpace-1) | Orders of magnitude lower at scale |
| What happens to debris | Burned in atmosphere | Recycled into raw materials |
| Throughput | 1 object per mission | Multiple objects per deployment |
| Revenue model | Cleanup contracts only | Contracts + material sales |
In September 2022, the FCC adopted updated orbital debris mitigation rules — the first significant overhaul in over a decade. Operators that previously deferred end-of-life planning now face hard compliance timelines. That's driving demand for active debris removal services.
Building the infrastructure to make that real. Sacramento, CA to low Earth orbit.
OLE v2.0 — Orbital Lane Enforcement, OrbitReclaim's preserve-and-organize debris framing.
ADR — Active Debris Removal (capture & relocation, not deorbit-and-destroy).
LEO — low Earth orbit (~160–2,000 km altitude).
MEO — medium Earth orbit (~2,000–35,786 km altitude).
GEO — geostationary / geosynchronous orbit (~35,786 km altitude).
Kessler Syndrome — runaway cascade in which successive collisions each generate new fragments.
FCC — Federal Communications Commission; the U.S. regulator that adopted the 2022 orbital-debris mitigation rules referenced above.
ClearSpace-1 — ESA-backed single-spacecraft mission to deorbit a large object; the per-target-cost baseline OrbitReclaim's swarm architecture is priced against.