{"id":1941,"date":"2026-02-23T10:11:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/axelspace-secures-japans-mod-satellite-constellation-contract\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T10:11:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:11:50","slug":"axelspace-secures-japans-mod-satellite-constellation-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/axelspace-secures-japans-mod-satellite-constellation-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Axelspace Secures Japan&#8217;s MoD Satellite Constellation Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1771781258682_639073780612197286.webp\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr fr-dib\" width=\"711\" height=\"387\" alt=\"Axelspace Secures Japan's MoD Satellite Constellation Contract\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1771781258682_639073780612197286.webp\" style=\"opacity: 0;\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1771781258682_639073780612197286.webp\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"711\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"387\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Axelspace Corporation<\/strong>, a leading developer and operator of microsatellites dedicated to realising its vision of \u201cSpace within Your Reach,\u201d announced that, for the purpose of carrying out the Ministry of Defence\u2019s&nbsp;satellite constellation project, it has entered into a contract with <strong>Tri-Sat Constellation Co., Ltd.<\/strong> and <strong>Mitsui Bussan Aerospace Co., Ltd<\/strong>. for the acquisition of optical imagery data. Tri-Sat Constellation Co., Ltd. is a special purpose company (SPC) established by <strong>Mitsubishi Electric Corporation<\/strong>, <strong>SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation<\/strong>, and <strong>Mitsui &amp; Co., Ltd<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ministry of Defense\u2019s satellite constellation project was awarded to a consortium comprising Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, Mitsui &amp; Co., Ltd., Synspective Inc., Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc., Mitsui Bussan Aerospace Co., Ltd., and Axelspace. Tri-Sat Constellation Co., Ltd. signed the project with the Ministry of Defense for the project on February 19. Axelspace, as the sole provider of optical imagery among the partner companies, will contribute by satellite imagery acquisition to the project.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: How AI-Driven Imagery Technology is Revolutionizing Satellite Network Operations?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This project is a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) project aimed at building a satellite constellation operated by private-sector companies to ensure stable acquisition of imagery intelligence necessary for ensuring the effectiveness of stand-off defence capabilities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cUnder the recently concluded contract, Axelspace will participate as the sole optical imagery provider,\u201d said <strong>Yuya Nakamura<\/strong><strong>, President and CEO of Axelspace Corporation<\/strong>. \u201cBased on the satellite development and operation technologies we have built to date, as well as our track record of stable image data provision, we aim to accurately address the needs of the national security field. At the same time, we will continue to actively expand the utilisation of satellite data in the private sector and emerging markets, which are expected to see significant growth in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Axelspace Corporation, a leading developer and operator of microsatellites dedicated to realising its vision of \u201cSpace within Your Reach,\u201d announced that, for the purpose of carrying out the Ministry of Defence\u2019s&nbsp;satellite constellation project, it has entered into a contract with Tri-Sat Constellation Co., Ltd. and Mitsui Bussan Aerospace Co., Ltd. for the acquisition of optical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[39,26,20,40],"class_list":["post-1941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-aerospace","tag-ground","tag-satellite","tag-satellite-cameras"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}