Japan is ready to support the United States’ lower-cost lunar missions, its space agency chief said on Friday, after the U.S. administration proposed a $6 billion cut to NASA’s budget that could upend the Artemis program to return people to […]
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TOKYO/BENGALURU – Japan’s Astroscale, a company specializing in removing orbital junk, has agreed with Bengaluru-based space companies Digantara and Bellatrix Aerospace to collaborate on technology and services, it said on Friday. The tie-ups will “hopefully” result in an orbital services
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Japanese manufacturing giant Nidec said on Friday it planned to launch a ¥257 billion ($1.6 billion) bid for Makino Milling Machine, a surprise unsolicited takeover offer in a country better known for agreed upon deals. Nidec said Makino’s board had
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Space startups in Japan and India said on Tuesday they had agreed to jointly study using laser-equipped satellites to remove debris from orbit, an experimental approach to the increasingly imminent problem of orbital congestion. Tokyo-based Orbital Lasers and Indian robotics
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has agreed to provide multiple H3 rocket launches for French satellite company Eutelsat Group from 2027, it said on Wednesday. The deal is a major overseas win for Japan’s ¥220 billion ($1.55 billion) state-backed H3 rocket
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