Space startups in Japan
12 Japan space companies in the directory, with $273.5M in disclosed funding, working on debris removal & servicing, rovers, logistics, earth observation and more.
Space debris removal
Lunar robotic spacecraft
Small re-entry spacecraft returning materials made in orbit back to Earth.
Optical microsatellites for Earth observation and custom customer missions.
Developing ZERO, a small-satellite launcher burning liquid biomethane.
Small SAR satellites delivering all-weather Earth observation imagery.
Space-based lasers for debris detumbling, plus satellite LiDAR.
Water-fuelled ion and Hall thrusters for small satellite propulsion.
Brokerage and integration services for satellite launches and ISS experiments.
Space OneCorporate joint venture flying the solid-fuel Kairos rocket from Spaceport Kii.
Builds and operates the StriX constellation of small SAR Earth-observation satellites.
Optical inter-satellite data relay network in medium Earth orbit.
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