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Mitsubishi Electric, Sky Perfect JSAT, Mitsui & Co., Mitsui & Co. Aerospace, Axelspace, Synspective, and QPS Research Institute announced on December 25 that they won the Ministry of Defense's public notice for the 'Satellite Constellation Maintenance and Operation Project' on December 24.
The 'Raise and Shine' mission carried an orbital debris mitigation demonstration project developed by Axelspace.
Rocket Lab launched the 'Raise and Shine' mission on December 15, 2025, carrying a demonstration of orbital debris mitigation technology developed by Axelspace.
D-SAIL will be installed on all seven of Axelspace's next-generation Earth observation microsatellites.
D-SAIL is co-developed by Axelspace and Sakase•Adtech.
RAISE-4 will carry the Axelspace deployable deorbit mechanism named D-SAIL.
In 2022, Misumi formed a 'Space Manufacturing Alliance' with Axelspace to support efficient satellite production.
Axelspace operates the Earth observation GRUS-1 microsatellite constellation.
Axelspace and Geoimage have reached a products partnership agreement.
RAISE-4 will carry equipment for demonstrating eight in-orbit technologies, including on-orbit demonstration of a deployment mechanism for ultra-small satellites developed by Axelspace Corporation.
Axelspace expects to expand cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan and other participating organizations following its recognition as an associate.
Associates like Axelspace can participate in GEO initiatives and develop new projects in collaboration with GEO member organizations.
On September 10, 2025, Axelspace Holdings announced that its subsidiary Axelspace became the first Japanese private company recognized as an associate of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO).
Axelspace signed a memorandum with ASPINA Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd. (ASPINA) to collaborate on a reaction wheel for microsatellites.
Axelspace and ASPINA agreed to launch the reaction wheel in 2026 and conduct an on-orbit demonstration.
Axelspace developed AxelLiner in 2022.
Axelspace developed the RAPIS-1 satellite under JAXA’s Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration Program, and RAPIS-1 launched in 2019.
ASPINA has been a partner with Axelspace since 2020 in developing a reaction wheel for microsatellites.
Axelspace Corporation launched the demonstration satellite PYXIS on 2024-03-04 (PST) on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA.
Axelspace raised 6,240,000,000 JPY (about $43,900,000) in a Series D funding round on 2023-12-21.