That creates a constant risk of collision for active satellites and for the International Space Station — a problem so severe that several surveillance networks across the globe ...

turning humanity’s grand ambitions in space into a reality with megaconstellations, asteroid mining, in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing,” Stokes said in a statement.

An Oxfordshire-based startup creating the next-generation of spacecraft propulsion has raised $10.5m in seed funding in a round led by pan-European VC Redalpine.