Yamasa Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company that expanded its business into the space industry through a joint venture with Mitsui & Co. to acquire Spaceflight, Inc. Spaceflight is a launch broker that arranges rides to space for CubeSats and other small satellites, aggregating multiple payloads for deployment on various rockets. This acquisition allowed Yamasa to enter the space industry and offer greater access to space-related services for its customers.
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Mitsui and Co. acquired Spaceflight Inc. in 2020 with Yamasa Co.
Spaceflight Industries completed the sale of its satellite rideshare business, Spaceflight Inc., to Mitsui & Co. and Yamasa Co. on 2020-06-12.