Japan launches data relay satellites to improve disaster response
Japan launched a rocket Sunday carrying satellites designed to relay data collected by other reconnaissance satellites already in orbit, enabling faster and more information-rich communication when responding to natural disasters. The H2A rocket, operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, ...
Japan to assign 100 personnel to new satellite monitoring unit
The Defense Ministry will assign around 100 personnel to a unit to be created by fiscal 2022 to monitor space debris and satellites, according to sources. The Space Domain Mission Unit will track space debris such as used rocket parts and old satellites that pose ...
The government is preparing to test a disaster early warning system for the Asia-Pacific region using one of its quasi-zenith satellites later this year, a Kobe-based group says.
China-based hackers breached satellite operators, defense firms, researchers say
A sophisticated hacking campaign launched from computers in China burrowed deeply into satellite operators, defense contractors and telecommunications companies in the United States and Southeast Asia, security researchers at Symantec Corp. said on Tuesday. Symantec said the effort appeared to be driven by national espionage ...
New U.S. satellite to boost weather forecasts sent into space
The GOES-S satellite thundered toward orbit aboard an Atlas V rocket, slicing through a hazy late afternoon sky. Dozens of meteorologists gathered for the launch, including TV crews from the Weather Channel and WeatherNation. GOES-S is the second satellite in an approximately $11 billion effort ...
Japan's lunar probe discovers moon cave, which may be optimal base for space exploration
Observation data collected by Japan's lunar orbiter Kaguya has found a cave stretching about 50 km (30 miles) on the moon that could potentially serve as a shelter for astronauts on future missions, an international research team including the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has ...
India angles for bigger share of space sector, sends satellite into orbit atop most powerful rocket
India launched a communication satellite using its most powerful rocket on Monday, improving its prospects of winning a bigger share of the more than $300 billion global space industry and its hopes of a manned mission. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mk III, or ...
Electrical circuit glitch believed caused failure of Japan's small rocket after launch
An electrical circuit problem may have led to the recent failure of the launch of the world's smallest rocket capable of placing a satellite into orbit, Japan's space agency said Monday. The No. 4 vehicle of the SS-520 series lifted off from the Japan Aerospace ...
Japan's Defense Ministry successfully launches first communications satellite
The Defense Ministry’s first communications satellite is launched as part of a program aimed at upgrading the Self-Defense Forces’ ability to better cope with security challenges.
On heels of talk with Trump, SoftBank announces investment expected to spur 3,000 jobs
SoftBank Group Corp. Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son told President-elect Donald Trump this month he would create 50,000 jobs in the United States. Money for the first 3,000 positions was announced on Monday. Satellite startup OneWeb Ltd. said it raised $1.2 billion (about ¥141.6 billion) ...
Tokyo startup looks to tap satellite images of nighttime neon to forecast GDP
Nowcast Inc., a Japanese financial research and technology startup, has developed a product that estimates economic growth in real time by using satellite images of nighttime lights. Based on algorithms that examine changes in the intensity of illumination, as well as a range of published ...
JAXA to release Kenya's first microsatellite for free from ISS in 2017
Japan's space agency has announced that it will release Kenya's first satellite — for no fee — from its Kibo laboratory at the International Space Station. The move, announced Thursday, is expected to take place sometime in fiscal 2017, which begins next April. Deploying the University ...
