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Kawasaki Heavy Industries

JP

川崎重工業航空宇宙カンパニー

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) is a Japanese multinational corporation with a significant presence in the space industry. As a manufacturer, KHI develops and produces space systems and equipment, including payload fairings for the H-IIA, H-IIB, and H3 rockets, robotic arms, and sample return capsules. They also participated in the development of the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" on the International Space Station (ISS). KHI partners with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and is involved in projects like the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission and development of hydrogen-fueled aircraft.

commercialFounded 1896
Japan
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Space BD is developing a multi-satellite deployment system called TOHRO in collaboration with Kawasaki Heavy Industries.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.0Dec 10, 2025Space BD、複数衛星搭載システム「灯籠」を開発–宇宙戦略基金に採択

Mapxus collaborated exclusively with Kawasaki Heavy Industries starting in August 2021 to provide digital maps, Wi‑Fi fingerprint positioning, and an SDK for indoor map data infrastructure in Japan called iPNT-K.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Mar 10, 2023Mapxus Raises US$5M in its Series B’s 1st Closing Led by Kawasaki Heavy Industries

The largest secondary payload on Epsilon 5 was the Debris Removal Unprecedented Micro Satellite (DRUMS), a 62-kilogram spacecraft built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries to test techniques for capturing pieces of space debris.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Nov 9, 2021Japan’s Epsilon 5 rocket launches nine small satellites
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