For a new breed of space janitor startups, the mess left behind by decades of launches has become a lucrative new frontier in tech.

Exclusive: Portal Space Systems and Paladin Space are partnering to launch a new service in low-Earth orbit. Here’s how it will work.

The partnership introduces a scalable service model designed to make orbital debris cleanup economically viable in low-Earth orbit. 

From clearing space junk to detecting wildfires in seconds, UK startups are applying space technology to some of today’s most urgent challenges.

Paladin Space is accelerating toward its first in-orbit mission with new federal funding and a strategic partnership to enhance its debris capture and classification capabilities.

16 of the top business minds in South Australia under 40, referencing Paladin Space CEO, Harrison Box.

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University of South Australia based startup Paladin Space has demonstrated the world’s first space payload capable of capturing debris from multiple targets and storing it on satellites for recycling, reducing the cost of space debris removal and making the process more sustainable.​​

Paladin Space, a startup incubated at the University of South Australia's Innovation and Collaboration Centre, has introduced Triton, the first reusable space payload designed to capture and store multiple pieces of orbital debris for potential recycling. This breakthrough technology was demonstrated at a private event hosted by the ICC.

Inspired by founder Harrison Box’s Masters thesis on reusable concepts for space debris removal, Adelaide-based startup Paladin Space is developing the world’s first reusable, in-orbit space debris remover. Commercial satellite owners, defence industry, and government space agencies are all poised to benefit from the technology.

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Local company Paladin Space will use a $100,000 State Government grant to progress its work into reducing the risk posed to spacecraft by space debris floating in the Earth’s orbit.​​

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The South Australian Government has awarded Paladin Space a $100,000 grant to develop new image processing techniques to identify space junk and mature a design to capture it. It will also allow the company to build a prototype of the design.​​​​​

Adelaide-based startup Paladin Space. Paladin Space has engineered a satellite payload that can “hoover up” multiple fragments of small space junk in a single mission.

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From exploring the frontiers of space, to making South Australia the industrial hemp capital of the country, to tackling important societal issues through social enterprise, these are the 19 business stars to watch.​​​