Satellites & Spacecraft companies in Japan

Global leader in on-orbit servicing — pioneers active debris removal, life extension and end-of-life services for satellites.

Develops and operates microsatellite constellations for Earth observation — offers end-to-end satellite manufacturing and data services.

Space business of Japan's Canon Electronics — builds and operates CE-SAT Earth-observation microsatellites and sells satellite components such as reaction wheels.

Develops compact SAR satellites enabling near-real-time Earth monitoring with a high-revisit small satellite constellation.

Global lunar resource development company — designs and builds lunar landers and rovers for high-frequency Moon transport services.

Japanese space operations company — supports Kibo ISS module operations, astronaut training, safety and product assurance, and small satellite development.

Major manufacturer of commercial and government telecommunications and Earth observation satellites for JAXA and global operators — builds advanced optical and radar payloads.

Japanese aerospace and defence trading company owned by Mitsui & Co. — brokers rideshare launches and procures satellites and space systems for Japanese customers.

Leads development of Japan's advanced observation satellites, deep-space probes and remote sensing systems — prime contractor for Hayabusa and ALOS satellite series under JAXA.

Japan's largest satellite operator — provides broadcasting, broadband and data relay services via geostationary satellites.

Builds and operates a constellation of SAR satellites providing high-resolution Earth observation data and analytics solutions.

Creates artificial meteor showers from orbit using engineered atmospheric reentry particles — conducts space science research on upper atmosphere physics and satellite reentry b…

Develops diverse nanosatellites and CubeSats for communications, IoT and deep-space missions — offers end-to-end mission services from satellite design to operations.

Japanese Tohoku University spin-off — develops reusable small re-entry satellites that return in-orbit experiment payloads to Earth.

Japanese JAXA-certified startup — develops radiation-tolerant on-board computers for small satellites and provides avionics and flight software design.

Building a near-real-time optical inter-satellite data relay network in medium Earth orbit — enables satellite operators to downlink data with ultra-low latency using laser comm…

University of Tokyo aerospace lab — pioneer of CubeSats and micro/nano-satellite development, producing many university satellite missions and spin-offs.

Japanese university space laboratory — tests spacecraft charging and environment effects and leads the BIRDS international CubeSat programme.

Tohoku University lab in Sendai — develops lunar and planetary rovers, space robots and university microsatellites such as RISING and DIWATA-1.

Japan's national aerospace and space exploration agency.

Japanese space systems foundation — conducts R&D, test and promotion work on satellites, Earth observation data and QZSS utilisation.