ICEYE signs Sompo Japan for satellite flood claims response
Sompo Japan will use ICEYE's Flood Insights SAR data to speed up flood insurance claims assessment.
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Axelspace partners with Airbus Defence and Space on GRUS imagery
Axelspace and Airbus Defence and Space will jointly distribute GRUS satellite imagery to a broader customer base.
Rocket Lab launches Synspective's 11th StriX SAR satellite
Rocket Lab's 94th Electron flight put Synspective's 11th StriX radar satellite into a 575km orbit from New Zealand.
JAXA schedules MMX Mars-moon sample-return launch for October 20
JAXA set an October 20 launch date for its Martian Moons eXploration sample-return mission aboard H3 flight F10.
Rocket Lab launches 9th iQPS radar-imaging satellite
Electron deployed iQPS's QPS-SAR-18 satellite "SUSANOO-II" on the 93rd Electron mission overall.
Letara raises $16 million pre-Series A to build hybrid rocket engines
Japanese propulsion startup Letara closed a ¥2.6 billion ($16 million) pre-Series A round for its hybrid rocket engine technology.
JAXA launches Michibiki 7 navigation satellite on H3 rocket's 9th flight
JAXA's QZS-7 launch on H3's 9th flight also completed a US-Japan space domain awareness hosted-payload program.
Redwire and Kanematsu form strategic partnership for Japan's space sector
Redwire named Kanematsu its commercial partner in Japan for power generation, microgravity payload and robotics offerings.
Rocket Lab launches 8th iQPS radar-imaging satellite after 5-week delay
Electron deployed iQPS's QPS-SAR-13 satellite, Rocket Lab's 92nd orbital mission, five weeks after a launch abort.
Synspective releases first imagery from ninth StriX SAR satellite
Synspective's ninth StriX satellite, launched in May, returned its first test radar image of Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
AST SpaceMobile launches direct-to-cellular service in Japan with Rakuten
AST SpaceMobile began active satellite-to-phone service in Japan alongside Rakuten Mobile, its first commercial market outside the US.
Rocket Lab signs third iQPS launch deal for three more Electron missions
Rocket Lab will fly three more iQPS SAR satellites on Electron starting late 2027, its third contract with iQPS this year.
ispace switches to Japan's H3 rocket for 2028 lunar lander mission
ispace and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries signed a launch contract putting ispace's next lunar lander on Japan's domestic H3 rocket in 2028.
Synspective images Kumamoto earthquake damage with StriX SAR satellites
Synspective tasked StriX SAR satellites hours after Japan's July 28 Kumamoto quake, later measuring up to 1m of fault displacement.
JAXA completes Epsilon S second-stage engine test after switching to backup motor
JAXA's Epsilon S clears its second-stage engine test, using a fallback motor after two prior explosions grounded the program.
IHI signs MOU to explore Kuva hyperspectral satellites for Japan constellation
IHI and Kuva Space signed an MOU to explore Hyperfield-2 hyperspectral satellites for Japan's EO constellation.
Sky Perfect JSAT and ispace sign lunar ground station MoU
The companies will study using JSAT's ground network for ispace's ULTRA lunar lander, targeted for 2028.
Japan sets goal of 30 orbital launches a year by early 2030s
Japan's National Space Policy Secretariat targets 30 launches yearly by the early 2030s, per SpaceNews.
JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy fly RV-X reusable rocket testbed on first hop
JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries flew a short hover-and-land test of their RV-X reusable rocket testbed.
ElevationSpace advances reentry vehicle toward 2027 demo
ElevationSpace signed a partner for its AOBA reentry demonstrator and detailed progress toward a mid-2027 first flight.
D-Orbit signs launch-services contract with ArkEdge Space
D-Orbit will fly ArkEdge Space demo satellites on its ION carrier from 2027, per SpaceNews.
Axelspace launches seven GRUS-3 Earth observation satellites
Axelspace's seven next-generation GRUS-3 microsatellites reached orbit and returned first signals on Transporter-17.
JAXA's Hayabusa2 makes closest-ever asteroid flyby, first laser ranging
Hayabusa2 passed 744 meters from asteroid Torifune's center, the closest Solar System flyby on record, laser-ranging it during the pass.
Synspective's 10th StriX SAR satellite reaches orbit on Rocket Lab Electron
The Ten Owl of Ten mission flew from Mahia on June 26; testing and commissioning precede service entry, per Synspective.
MDA Space wins Mitsubishi Electric subcontract for Japan's next-gen milsatcom
MDA Space will build the digital payload and antennas for Japan's next-generation defence communications satellite.
Axelspace to supply GRUS imagery to Saudi Arabia's NSG UP42 national EO platform
The Japanese operator's optical imagery joins the PIF-backed platform for agriculture, land-use and disaster monitoring.
JAXA flies H3 in its boosterless 30 configuration with six satellites aboard
H3 flight No.6 flew as planned from Tanegashima; per SpaceNews it debuted the three-engine, zero-booster H3-30S variant.