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iQPS was founded in 2018 to establish a space sector in the Kyushu region of southwestern Japan.
The Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS) plans to operate a 36-satellite constellation to gather data and imagery with a one-meter resolution by 2025.
Japan’s Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS) plans to operate a 36-satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) constellation by 2025 to gather data and imagery with one-meter resolution of almost any point in the world within 10 minutes and to conduct fixed-point observations of particular areas once every 10 minutes.
Since it was founded in 2005, iQPS has raised nearly $28,000,000.
iQPS plans to expand the surface area of parabolic antennas, increase satellite observation time of targets of interest, widen imagery swath, speed the flow of data from satellites to the ground, and equip satellites launched after Izanami with propulsion systems.
Kyushu Denryoku signed an agreement with iQPS in May 2020 to explore ways SAR data and imagery can help Kyushu Denryoku anticipate demand.
iQPS, founded in 2005, has raised nearly $28,000,000 according to CrunchBase.
iQPS booked its second satellite, QPS-SAR 2, on Spaceflight’s SXRS-3 rideshare mission launching with SpaceX as soon as December.
iQPS plans to operate 36 synthetic aperture radar satellites by 2025 to observe almost any point in the world in approximately 10 minutes and conduct fixed-point observations once every 10 minutes.
iQPS launched its first 100-kilogram synthetic aperture radar satellite in November on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.