November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
...SAR), Terahertz sensors, positioning, satellite communication and space solar power. H-IIA rocket carrying the Michibiki 3, Japan’s third geo-positioning satellite, lifts off on 21 August 2017. Michibiki 3 is the third of a four-satellite network the...
28 July 2017
Japan's first privately developed rocket launches tomorrow
...10 metre, 1000 kilogram rocket is scheduled to blast off from a launch site in the town of Taiki, Hokkaido, northern Japan, in the morning of July 29, said the company. Interstellar technologies was established in 1997 by a group of space enthusiasts...
October 2015
Baikonur, Kibo and beyond: Japan’s leading role in space
... of humankind - the future is indeed in our hands. In this respect, the cooperation between Russia, the US, the EU, Canada, Japan and other partners is encouraging. Among the international frameworks created in the last 70 years, the ISS convention...
September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
... a Professor in the Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Aerospace Eng., Space Robotics Lab at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, and Director of the Center of Robotics for Extreme and Uncertain Environments (CREATE). His research activities...
25 September 2020
Salty water vapour provides clues to massive star formation
...stars to uncover a number of important clues. The team, led by Kei Tanaka at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, found that molecules such as methyl cyanide (CH3CN), which astronomers commonly observed in previous studies of massive young...
23 September 2024
Japan in Space: Past, Present and Future
...with the origins of the programme, marked by the launch of Japan’s first satellite in 1970, and the formation of the National ...missions, the book continues with an analysis of Japan’s often overlooked contributions to human spaceflight, most notably...
