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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

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Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralJul 17, 2023Euroconsult marks a 40 year milestone

Tianwen-2 will use a touch-and-go sampling technique similar to NASA’s OSIRIS-REx and JAXA’s Hayabusa2.

Mentioned as: JAXATechnical ProductJun 26, 2023China conducts parachute tests for asteroid sample return mission

Warpspace was commissioned by JAXA last year to study the communications architecture for lunar exploration.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralMay 16, 2023Warpspace wins JAXA contracts for lunar and long-distance optical comms studies

Warpspace received two contracts from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to study the practical application of Moon to Earth communications architectures.

Mentioned as: JAXAOrg RelationshipMay 16, 2023Warpspace wins JAXA contracts for lunar and long-distance optical comms studies

In March 2023, SKY Perfect JSAT was selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency as a service provider of the Near-Earth Tracking and Control Network.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralMay 9, 2023SKY Perfect JSAT and KSAT to Provide Ground Station Services

SKY Perfect JSAT and Kongsberg Satellite Services will establish new ground stations globally to provide Near-Earth Tracking and Control Services to JAXA and other Japanese governmental organizations.

Mentioned as: JAXATechnical ProductMay 9, 2023SKY Perfect JSAT and KSAT to Provide Ground Station Services

Delivery of the MMX rover to JAXA at MELCO in Kamakura, Japan, is scheduled for summer 2023.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralMay 4, 2023MMX Rover: thermal vacuum tests carried out at CNES, a major step forward

The MMX rover is part of JAXA's Mars Moon eXploration mission to study Mars' moons, Phobos and Deimos, and to bring back samples from Phobos.

Mentioned as: JAXAOrg RelationshipMay 4, 2023MMX Rover: thermal vacuum tests carried out at CNES, a major step forward

The successful thermal vacuum tests are an important step in the validation of the MMX rover before its delivery to JAXA in summer 2023.

Mentioned as: JAXATechnical ProductMay 4, 2023MMX Rover: thermal vacuum tests carried out at CNES, a major step forward

NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, the European Space Agency, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency had previously agreed to operate the International Space Station beyond 2024 to 2030.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralApr 27, 2023Russia commits to ISS extension to 2028

The delay of the H-2A launch was announced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on 2023-03-31.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralApr 3, 2023Japan delays H2A launch in the wake of H3 failure

Japan’s science minister Keiko Nagaoka established a task force at her ministry to work with JAXA to determine the cause of the H3 failure.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralMar 7, 2023Japan’s H3 rocket launch fails after second stage malfunction

JAXA began developing the H3 rocket in partnership with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 2014.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralMar 7, 2023Japan’s H3 rocket launch fails after second stage malfunction

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) transmitted a destruct command to the H3 rocket around 10:52 a.m. Japan Standard Time on 2023-03-07 due to no possibility of achieving the mission.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralMar 7, 2023Japan’s H3 rocket launch fails after second stage malfunction

Astroscale Japan will launch the ADRAS-J satellite later in 2023 to rendezvous with and inspect a 3-tonne upper-stage H-IIA rocket body as part of JAXA’s Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration (CRD2) Project.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Org RelationshipMar 7, 2023Astroscale on course for first UK national mission to remove space debris

H3 was co-developed by JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at a cost of 200,000,000,000 JPY (about $1,500,000,000).

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Org RelationshipMar 7, 2023Japan’s H3 rocket launch fails after second stage malfunction

Future upgrades to H3 could enable the rocket to deliver cargo to the Moon, including the planned lunar Gateway that NASA is pursuing in cooperation with JAXA and the European Space Agency.

Mentioned as: JAXAOrg RelationshipMar 7, 2023Japan’s H3 rocket launch fails after second stage malfunction

JAXA had not chosen astronaut candidates since 2009 prior to the 2023-02-28 selection.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Org RelationshipFeb 28, 2023Japan selects first new astronauts in 14 years to support Artemis program

JAXA selected two astronaut candidates on 2023-02-28 to support the NASA-led Artemis lunar exploration program.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Org RelationshipFeb 28, 2023Japan selects first new astronauts in 14 years to support Artemis program

Astroscale plans to launch a spacecraft on a Rocket Lab Electron early 2023 to inspect a discarded upper stage of a Japanese H2-A rocket under a JAXA contract called ADRAS-J.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative PlanFeb 27, 2023Mitsubishi makes strategic investment in Astroscale’s $76 million funding round
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