三菱電機(株) 鎌倉製作所
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is a major Japanese manufacturer and provider of space systems and solutions. As a pioneer in Japan's space technology development since the 1960s, the company's Space Division develops and builds satellites, satellite components, and ground systems. They provide services and products such as satellite platforms, communication satellites, and satellite on-board equipment to government agencies and commercial clients, including JAXA, in Japan and internationally. Mitsubishi Electric is also involved in collaborative projects, such as developing sustainable satellite buses with Astroscale.
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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation acquired all outstanding shares of Tokyo-based Infostellar Inc. on July 1.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation plans to expand ground station services for commercial and government satellite operators.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation plans to reduce up-front capital requirements for constellation operators seeking more frequent contact with spacecraft in low Earth orbit.
Infostellar became a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation after the acquisition.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation plans to use Infostellar to accelerate deployment of a global virtualized ground station network.
Mitsubishi Electric has developed antenna and satellite control technologies through ground stations for communication, satellite tracking and control, and optical and radio telescopes for astronomical observation.
PLD Space has received support from Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and the European Investment Bank.
SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation will participate as a collaborating organization on the Mitsubishi Electric payload project.
Mitsubishi Electric expects market analysis from SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation to feed directly into payload design.
Mitsubishi Electric received a government-backed subsidy to develop a full digital communications payload for future geostationary satellites.
Mitsubishi Electric is drawing on experience from JAXA’s Engineering Test Satellite-9 for the new payload architecture.
The Mitsubishi Electric payload will rely on high-performance application-specific integrated circuits to handle the required processing volume while remaining small and low-power enough for commercial geostationary satellites.
The Mitsubishi Electric concept uses a direct radiating array antenna that can see virtually the entire Earth-facing hemisphere from geostationary orbit.
Mitsubishi Electric plans to build a full digital payload that can change its communications functions after launch through software updates.
The Mitsubishi Electric payload will use a digital payload processor to perform signal processing and enable in-orbit reconfiguration of communications control functions.
Mitsubishi Electric intends to embed security functions that conceal communications content and protect signals from jamming and detection by third parties.
Mitsubishi Electric is the representative organization for a multi-year effort to advance digital payload architectures for the 2030s.
The Mitsubishi Electric payload is designed to make future geostationary satellites more flexible in orbit and harder to jam or intercept.
MDA Space was selected by Mitsubishi Electric to supply a dynamic, anti-jamming digital payload and antennas for a next-generation defense communications satellite ordered by the Japan Ministry of Defense.
Mitsubishi Electric will handle assembly, integration, and final testing of the satellite in Japan.