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Warpspace

JP
commercialFounded 2016
Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
warpspace.jp/
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Warpspace is slated to launch its first data-relay satellite for beta testing in 2024 and two more satellites in 2025.

Mentioned as: WarpspaceNarrative GeneralSep 13, 2022Competition is growing in the space-data-relay sector

WarpHub InterSat is a network service using optical communications in space that WARPSPACE is developing.

Mentioned as: WARPSPACETechnical ProductJun 20, 2022WARPSPACE partnering with Leaf Space to support in-space optical comms

WARPSPACE has partnered with Leaf Space to provide ground station support for the WARPSPACE optical communication network.

Mentioned as: warpspaceNarrative GeneralJun 20, 2022WARPSPACE partnering with Leaf Space to support in-space optical comms

WARPSPACE will operate three relay satellites in medium Earth orbit (MEO) for the WarpHub InterSat network.

Mentioned as: WARPSPACETechnical ProductJun 20, 2022WARPSPACE partnering with Leaf Space to support in-space optical comms

Japan-based startup Warpspace is developing an inter-satellite laser communications system and is establishing a U.S. presence to seek partnerships with American companies and compete for government and military contracts.

Mentioned as: WarpspaceTechnical ProductJun 3, 2022Sony launches space laser communications business

WarpHub InterSat is an optical inter-satellite data relay service that Warpspace is developing in medium Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: WarpspaceTechnical ProductApr 9, 2022Japanese satellite laser-comm startup Warpspace draws bead on U.S. market

Warpspace opened a branch in Washington, D.C., to build relationships with the U.S. government and engage with the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer work.

Mentioned as: WarpspaceOrg RelationshipApr 9, 2022Japanese satellite laser-comm startup Warpspace draws bead on U.S. market

Warpspace’s planned MEO satellites will send data to ground stations initially using radio-frequency links and eventually using optical links when space-to-ground laser communications technology matures.

Mentioned as: WarpspaceTechnical ProductApr 9, 2022Japanese satellite laser-comm startup Warpspace draws bead on U.S. market

Warpspace closed a Series A funding round in September, raising approximately $10,000,000.

Mentioned as: warpspaceNarrative FinancialApr 9, 2022Japanese satellite laser-comm startup Warpspace draws bead on U.S. market

Warpspace expects all three planned MEO satellites to be in orbit by 2025.

Mentioned as: warpspaceTechnical ProductApr 9, 2022Japanese satellite laser-comm startup Warpspace draws bead on U.S. market

Warpspace plans to start deploying a constellation of three satellites in medium Earth orbit in 2024 to receive and pass data from customers’ satellites in low Earth orbit using optical communications.

Mentioned as: WarpspaceOrg RelationshipApr 9, 2022Japanese satellite laser-comm startup Warpspace draws bead on U.S. market

Warpspace, a Japanese optical LEO relay startup, closed a $3.6 million Series A round with the aim to have three optical satellites launched by 2023.

Mentioned as: WarpspaceOrg RelationshipJun 21, 2021An NSR View: Optical SATCOM and the Digital Revolution

WARPSPACE closed the first close of its Series A financing round with additional funding of 400,000,000 JPY ($3,600,000) from The Space Frontier Fund and KSK Angel Fund LLC.

Mentioned as: WarpspaceNarrative FinancialApr 21, 2021WARPSPACE Developing Inter-Satellite Optical Comms Net + Raises $$$Millions Via Series A Financing Round

WARPSPACE is aiming to launch the WarpHub InterSat service in 2023.

Mentioned as: WarpspaceNarrative GeneralApr 21, 2021WARPSPACE Developing Inter-Satellite Optical Comms Net + Raises $$$Millions Via Series A Financing Round
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