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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

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JAXA will provide technical expertise for verification analysis to support GITAI’s on-orbit technology demonstration.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralSep 14, 2020GITAI & JAXA partner to co-create a business concept for the world’s first “Space Robot Business”

JAXA will support GITAI’s operations through technical cooperation on space robotics.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralSep 14, 2020GITAI & JAXA partner to co-create a business concept for the world’s first “Space Robot Business”

NASA currently plans to launch the next commercial crew mission, Crew-1, on 2020-08-30 with four astronauts from NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) aboard.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralJun 2, 2020Demo-2 astronauts get to work on ISS

Astroscale was selected as the commercial partner for Phase I of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s first debris removal project in February 2020.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralMay 18, 2020Astroscale Opens Series E Funding Round and Secures First Investor

NASA announced a four-person crew for the first operational Crew Dragon mission on 2020-03-31 that features three NASA astronauts and one astronaut from the Japanese space agency JAXA.

Mentioned as: japanese space agency jaxaTechnical ProductApr 9, 2020Soyuz launches new crew to the International Space Station

JAXA scheduled an H2B launch for 2020-05-22 to deliver the Kounotori-9 cargo shuttle to the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Org RelationshipMar 25, 2020MHI pressing through pandemic toward late 2020 H3 rocket debut

Sky Perfect JSAT operates 19 geostationary communications satellites and the SDS-4 experimental ship-tracking smallsat in low Earth orbit inherited from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Org RelationshipFeb 18, 2020Japanese communications satellite and South Korean weather satellite launch on Ariane 5

The contract gives Astroscale until 2023-03-31 to complete the inspection mission for JAXA's CRD2 program.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralFeb 12, 2020Astroscale wins first half of JAXA debris-removal mission

A follow-on contract under JAXA’s Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration 2 program would give Astroscale until 2026-03-31 to deorbit the spent upper stage.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Org RelationshipFeb 12, 2020Astroscale wins first half of JAXA debris-removal mission

JAXA is developing the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission to demonstrate precision landings, with SLIM scheduled to launch in late 2021 or early 2022.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Org RelationshipJan 27, 2020Japan seeks to finalize agreement with the U.S. on lunar exploration cooperation

JAXA’s budget for the 2020 fiscal year, which starts 2020-04-01, is 188,800,000,000 JPY ($1,730,000,000), an increase of 2.2% over 2019.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Technical ProductJan 27, 2020Japan seeks to finalize agreement with the U.S. on lunar exploration cooperation

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency selected Mitsubishi Electric to build a 100-kilogram satellite that would set the foundation for a constellation-grade satellite capable of serial production.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralDec 23, 2019Mitsubishi Electric, eyeing constellation market, to build demo smallsat for JAXA

The joint European and Japanese BepiColombo orbiter launched last year on a seven-year journey to Mercury using four electric thrusters from QinetiQ.

Mentioned as: JAXAOrg RelationshipNov 21, 2019QinetiQ lands ESA contract with new Belgian plant, aims to grow space business

Finalists for Breakthrough of the Year included SpaceX’s Starlink, NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission, JAXA’s Hayabusa-2, China’s Chang’e 4 lunar landing, Spaceflight’s SSO-A SmallSat Express rideshare mission, Spektr-RG, and Northrop Grumman’s MEV-1 satellite servicing mission.

Mentioned as: JAXATechnical ProductNov 11, 2019Here are all the Readers’ Choice winners of the 2019 SpaceNews Awards

NASA and JAXA will cooperate on payloads and data sharing for the Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon (SLIM) mission scheduled for launch in 2021.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative PlanSep 25, 2019NASA and JAXA reaffirm intent to cooperate in lunar exploration

NASA will cooperate on a joint lunar mission between JAXA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 2023 to study the lunar poles.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative PlanSep 25, 2019NASA and JAXA reaffirm intent to cooperate in lunar exploration

Neither Mitsubishi Heavy Industries nor the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency set a new launch date for the HTV-8 mission after the 2019-09-10 platform fire.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyTechnical ProductSep 11, 2019Launch pad fire scrubs Japanese ISS launch

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency agreed to transfer a 50-kilogram demonstration satellite SDS-4 to Sky Perfect JSAT.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralAug 30, 2019Sky Perfect JSAT, challenged by TV business, hedges bets on HAPS, 5G, HTS and smallsats

Space BD was selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in May 2018 to be the commercial provider of satellite deployment service from the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module of the ISS.

Mentioned as: jaxaTechnical ProductAug 8, 2019ISISpace and Space BD Sign the Collaborative Service Agreement for Satellite Deployment Service from ISS

Space BD was selected by JAXA in May 2018 to become the commercial provider of satellite deployment services from the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module of the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: JAXATechnical ProductAug 8, 2019ISISpace and Space BD Sign the Collaborative Service Agreement for Satellite Deployment Service from ISS
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