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Axelspace Corporation, founded in 2008 and based in Tokyo, is a space venture company specializing in microsatellite technology. They provide satellite-based earth imagery and data collection using their own built micro-satellites for red-edge imagery with their AxelGlobe service. Axelspace also offers "AxelLiner", a one-stop service to enable customers to realize their own microsatellite missions. They serve customers like Weather News, Inc. and JAXA.
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ASPINA has been a partner with Axelspace since 2020 in developing a reaction wheel for microsatellites.
Axelspace signed a memorandum with ASPINA Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd. (ASPINA) to collaborate on a reaction wheel for microsatellites.
Axelspace and ASPINA agreed to launch the reaction wheel in 2026 and conduct an on-orbit demonstration.
Axelspace developed AxelLiner in 2022.
Axelspace Corporation launched the demonstration satellite PYXIS on 2024-03-04 (PST) on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA.
Four of Axelspace’s five AxelGlobe satellites launched in 2021, three years after its first satellite.
Axelspace previously raised 2,580,000,000 JPY in a Series C round in 2021.
Axelspace raised 6,240,000,000 JPY (about $43,900,000) in a Series D funding round on 2023-12-21.
Axelspace has raised a total of 14,300,000,000 JPY since its founding.
Axelspace currently operates five microsatellites that provide medium-resolution imagery through its AxelGlobe service.
Axelspace has developed and operated a total of nine smallsats over its 15-year history, including a technology demonstration satellite for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
Axelspace’s five-satellite constellation provides full-scale services to public and private sector customers and supports optical data relay operations.
Axelspace Holdings Corporation completed a Series D funding round raising approximately JPY 6.24 billion (equivalent to $44,000,000).
Axelspace set the Green Spacecraft Standard 1.0 at a higher level than guidelines provided by national governments and international organizations.
Axelspace Corporation established the Green Spacecraft Standard 1.0 as a guideline to balance space business and sustainability.
Axelspace Corporation was established in 2008.
The Ka-band radio developed by Axelspace and Tokyo Institute of Technology exhibits high radiation tolerance suitable for low-Earth-orbit operation.
Axelspace Corporation and researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology developed a Ka-band radio for microsatellites that operates with less than half the power consumption of conventional radios.
Axelspace Corporation has designed, developed, manufactured, launched, and operated nine microsatellites.
Axelspace Corporation’s main businesses are AxelGlobe, an Earth observation platform utilizing microsatellite constellations, and AxelLiner, a one-stop service for microsatellites.