Synspective, founded in 2018, is a Japanese space startup and solutions provider that develops and operates its own constellation of small SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellites. The company provides SAR data and cloud-based analytics solutions to government agencies and companies globally, focusing on disaster response, national security, and environmental monitoring. Synspective aims to build a constellation of 30 satellites by the late 2020s to enable near real-time observation of changes on Earth, with partners including Mitsubishi Electric and Addvalue. Associated keywords include: SAR data, earth observation, remote sensing, disaster management, and environmental monitoring.
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Rocket Lab has secured a second multi-launch contract with Synspective.
Rocket Lab is Synspective's sole launch provider and has successfully deployed six StriX satellites across six dedicated launches from LC-1.
Synspective has secured a second multi-launch agreement with Rocket Lab for 10 additional dedicated Electron launches.
The next 21 launches for Synspective will also launch from LC-1.
The winners of the 'Japan Startup Award 2025' were announced on August 26, 2025, with Axel Space Holdings receiving the University Startup Award and Synspective receiving the Defense Startup Award.
Japanese companies iQPS and Synspective are building synthetic aperture radar imaging satellites represented by models in the Miraikan exhibition.
The Miraikan exhibition includes models of synthetic aperture radar imaging satellites being built by Japanese companies iQPS and Synspective.
Synspective plans to use funds from the IPO and a $44,000,000 Series C round raised in June to build a constellation of 30 SAR satellites by the late 2020s.
Synspective signed a contract with Rocket Lab in June for 10 additional Electron launches from 2025 through 2027.
The Electron payload was a StriX synthetic aperture radar imaging satellite developed and operated by Synspective.
Synspective reported sales of nearly 1,400,000,000 JPY in 2023 and a net loss of more than 1,500,000,000 JPY for 2023.
Synspective planned to sell 21.3 million shares with an overallotment of nearly 3.2 million shares at 480 JPY per share in its initial public offering.
Synspective opened a factory in September 2024 to enable mass production of satellites.
A Rocket Lab Electron launched a radar imaging satellite for Synspective on 2024-12-21.
Synspective shares opened at 736 JPY on the first day of trading and closed at 635 JPY on 2024-12-19.
The 2024-12-21 launch was Synspective’s first mission after the company went public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market on 2024-12-19.
Synspective’s SAR satellite constellation is designed to deliver imagery capable of detecting millimeter-level changes to the Earth’s surface from space.
Rocket Lab first launched a mission for Synspective in December 2020.
Synspective is a Japanese Earth observation company operating a constellation of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites.