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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

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A series of nine combustion tests convinced JAXA that the current LE-9 combustion chamber design could be used for H3’s first test flight carrying ALOS-3 by accepting some performance loss.

Mentioned as: JAXATechnical ProductJan 24, 2022Japan’s H3 rocket further delayed by engine woes

JAXA and MHI focused on the LE-9 combustion chamber problem while developing new turbopump hardware.

Mentioned as: JAXATechnical ProductJan 24, 2022Japan’s H3 rocket further delayed by engine woes

Artemis 4 will deliver the I-Hab habitat module, developed by the European Space Agency and JAXA, to the Gateway.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative PlanJan 20, 2022NASA foresees gap in lunar landings after Artemis 3

Sony developed SOLISS in cooperation with JAXA to establish a mass-data communication system for future inter-satellite communications and communications with ground stations.

Mentioned as: JAXATechnical ProductJan 19, 2022Sony putting camera in orbit for shutterbugs, not scientists

JAXA has started discussions about extending Japan's International Space Station participation beyond 2024 and expects a formal decision within 2022.

Mentioned as: JAXATechnical ProductJan 9, 2022Other ISS partners start planning for extension to 2030

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency selected Astroscale to send a spacecraft into orbit in 2023 to inspect a discarded rocket upper stage.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralJan 6, 2022Space debris expert warns U.S. ‘woefully behind’ in efforts to clean up junk in orbit

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency expects to select a new class of astronauts in February 2023.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative PlanDec 29, 2021Japan wants a JAXA astronaut to be first “non-American” to join a NASA lunar landing

The LUNAR CRUISER is a manned pressurized rover mobility platform that Toyota and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are developing for the moon's surface.

Mentioned as: JAXATechnical ProductDec 13, 2021GITAI Developing Robotic Arm for Toyota’s Manned Pressurized Lunar Rover

The Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) spacecraft was selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency for Phase I of its Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration Project and will enter the assembly phase in early 2022.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative PlanNov 28, 2021Astroscale’s Largest Funding Round to Date Closes, Bringing Total Capital Raised To U.S. $300 Million

The Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) spacecraft, selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency for Phase I of its Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration Project, will enter the assembly phase in early 2022.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative PlanNov 25, 2021Astroscale Closes Its Largest Funding Round to Date, Bringing Total Capital Raised to U.S. $300 Million

JAXA will recruit astronaut candidates for the first time in 13 years as part of efforts to support the NASA-led Artemis lunar exploration program.

Mentioned as: JAXAOrg RelationshipNov 23, 2021Japan to recruit first new astronauts in 13 years to support Artemis program

JAXA will receive astronaut applications from 2021-12-20 to 2022-03-04.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralNov 23, 2021Japan to recruit first new astronauts in 13 years to support Artemis program

The Astroscale mission to inspect an upper stage for JAXA will be launched on a Rocket Lab Electron rocket in 2023.

Mentioned as: jaxaTechnical ProductNov 11, 2021Astroscale and New Zealand to partner on space sustainability projects

On its first mission, ispace’s lander is planned to deliver payloads for the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and commercial customers.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyTechnical ProductOct 20, 2021Axiom Asia Private Capital invests in ispace’s Series C Extension Round

Atomic oxygen creates material degradation challenges in VLEO and has been measured by instruments aboard JAXA’s 400-kilogram SLATS.

Mentioned as: JAXATechnical ProductOct 5, 2021How low can satellites go? VLEO entrepreneurs plan to find out

JAXA’s Super Low Altitude Test Satellite (SLATS) operated at an altitude of about 200 km from 2017 to 2019 using xenon-powered electric thrusters.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralOct 5, 2021How low can satellites go? VLEO entrepreneurs plan to find out

JAXA scheduled the launch of the fifth Epsilon Launch Vehicle (Epsilon-5) carrying the Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-2 at 9:51:21 on 2021-10-01 JST from the Uchinoura Space Center.

Mentioned as: JAXATechnical ProductOct 1, 2021JAXA Cancels Their Epsilon Launch Just In The Nick Of Time

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) awarded a contract to Astroscale to inspect a spent Japanese rocket stage in orbit with later plans to remove the stage.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative PlanSep 30, 2021Satellite servicing companies see different demand in LEO versus GEO

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) awarded Tokyo-based Astroscale a contract in 2020 for the ADRAS-J mission as part of its two-phase Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration project.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Org RelationshipSep 23, 2021Rocket Lab to launch Astroscale inspection satellite

Mina Konaka is a Satellite Systems Engineer at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralSep 23, 2021SSPI’s “20 Under 35” Professionals To Be Honored At Satellite Innovation
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