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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

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

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralFeb 17, 2023Japan aborts H3 launch moments before liftoff

EQUULEUS, a JAXA 6U cubesat on Artemis 1, successfully flew by the moon and tested a water-based propulsion system that placed the spacecraft on a low-energy trajectory to the Earth–Moon L2 Lagrange point.

Mentioned as: JAXATechnical ProductFeb 17, 2023Deep space smallsats face big challenges

ISRO is collaborating with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on a future lunar lander mission called Lunar Polar Exploration (LUPEX) projected to launch later in the decade.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyOrg RelationshipFeb 4, 2023United States and India expand civil space cooperation

Sener Aerospace has provided nearly 300 devices and systems on board missions from NASA, ESA, JAXA, and Roscosmos, with a 100% reliability rate as reported in the document.

Mentioned as: JAXAOrg RelationshipFeb 1, 2023Sener Aerospace’s scanner mechanisms contracted for the Forum mission by ESA

JAXA supports emerging and developing countries by providing opportunities to deploy smallsats built by those countries from Kibo to help build satellite development technologies and usage capabilities.

Mentioned as: jaxaTechnical ProductJan 27, 2023Indonesia’s Surya Satellite-1 successfully deployed from the ISS

NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata will conduct a spacewalk on 2023-01-20 to install a mounting bracket for a new solar array that will be delivered to the International Space Station on a future cargo mission.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralJan 19, 2023Space station activities move ahead amid Soyuz shuffle

The 6U Sphere-1 satellite was developed by Sony in collaboration with the University of Tokyo and JAXA, with integration services provided through SpaceBD.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralJan 6, 2023ISISPACE Group launches 47 satellites with its ISILAUNCH38 Mission on board Falcon 9 Transporter-6 Launch

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will provide the life support system, thermal controls, camera, and batteries for the International Habitation (I-Hab) module being developed with the European Space Agency.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Org RelationshipNov 18, 2022Japan agrees to space station extension and Gateway contributions

Inmarsat’s I-6 F1 satellite was launched from JAXA’s Tanegashima Space Center in Japan in December 2021.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Org RelationshipOct 31, 2022Telstra’s second antenna to Merredin ground station in Western Australia will support Inmarsat’s I-6 F1 satellite

The Japanese space agency JAXA is providing a satellite for the AOS effort and the French space agency CNES is providing two instruments.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralOct 19, 2022Canada to contribute satellite and instruments to NASA-led Earth science mission

Crew-5 is delivering NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina to the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: JAXATechnical ProductOct 5, 2022SpaceX launches Crew-5 mission to the space station

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is investing in a data relay system that includes optical and RF communications.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyTechnical ProductSep 13, 2022Competition is growing in the space-data-relay sector

The GITAI IN1 successfully completed various tests corresponding to Level 3 of NASA’s Technology Readiness Levels in a simulated lunar environment at the JAXA Sagamihara Campus.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralAug 16, 2022GITAI develops inchworm-type robotic arm extending both the capability and mobility of space robots and completes Proof-of-Concept demonstration (TRL 3)

JAXA launched the S-520-RD rocket at 5:00 a.m. on 2022-07-24 from Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralJul 25, 2022The launch of a supersonic scramjet engine test is completed by JAXA

I-6 F1 was launched from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center on 2021-12-22 at 15:32 GMT.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralJul 25, 2022The first ever of a sophisticated commercial communications satellite begins on-orbit testing after reaching geostationary orbit

S2 achieved Technology Readiness Level 6 in February after completing tasks inside a thermal vacuum chamber at Tsukuba Space Center, JAXA’s headquarters in Japan.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralJul 11, 2022Japanese startup to demo robotic arm onboard ISS in 2023

GITAI is working with JAXA and Toyota to develop a crewed pressurized rover for the Moon’s surface.

Mentioned as: JAXAOrg RelationshipJul 11, 2022Japanese startup to demo robotic arm onboard ISS in 2023

GITAI's Lunar Robotic Rover R1 conducted a successful demonstration at JAXA’s Mock Lunar Surface Environment.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralJul 11, 2022GITAI wins the Japan – US Innovation Awards, “Innovation Showcase”

GITAI successfully tested their autonomous robot in JAXA's 8m class thermal vacuum chamber in February 2023.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralJul 11, 2022GITAI announces space robotics technology demonstration outside ISS

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch ZimSat-1 from the KIBO module of the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: jaxaTechnical ProductJun 22, 2022Zimbabwe’s ZIMSAT-1 scheduled for launch next month
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