January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
... of humans, whether astronauts or ground controllers. JAXA’s KIKU-7 (Experimental Test Satellite-7) computer graphics simulation...the first orbiting robot with some degree of automation was JAXA’s Engineering Test Satellite Seven (ETS-VII), flown in ...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
...active participants in trying to create a solution for concerns around space debris. In 2016, the Japanese space agency, JAXA, attempted a mission called KITE, which tested an electro-magnetic tether as a deorbit mechanism. The attempt was ultimately...
February 2020
Europe’s role in space standardisation
...the Orion crew module. We are also working with JAXA, the Japanese Space Agency, and last year launched BepiColombo...Station with its many partners, ExoMars with Russia, Earthcare with JAXA, James Webb Telescope with NASA, SMILE with China), we develop...
August 2020
Interstellar aspirations
... can this ever be done? The Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) was the first to demonstrate a sunlight-propelled light sail... the Lightsail-1 spacecraft and by the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) with its IKAROS probe, launched in 2010. Unfortunately, sunlight...
October 2020
Essential role of satellites in disaster and pandemic management
... diseases and assist public authorities in health crisis management. Demonstrating the rapid response of satellite technologies, JAXA’s ALOS-2 satellites can conduct automated data analysis and provide information on an emergency within five hours...
September 2021
Developing an in-orbit servicing and manufacturing economy
.... For example, the Japanese and European space agencies JAXA and ESA have already committed funding to Active Debris ...ESA and the Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration (CRD2) by JAXA. In parallel, the UK Space Agency has funded three studies...
