A part of this report was introduced in the September and October 2023 issues of our periodical, “Yano E plus.”

Private Space Business Part 1: Rockets, Satellites, and Ground Stations

– Competition in the Satellite Launch Market Intensified as Many Private Companies Started Space Business –

1. Current Situation of Private Space Business

2. Contents of Private Space Business

   2-1. Rockets

1) Traditional Rocket Development Led by the Government

2) Future Rocket Development Led by the Private Sector

   2-2. Satellites

   2-3. Space Probes

   2-4. Ground Stations

3. Market Size of Private Space Business

4. What Companies and Research Institutes Do

   4-1. ispace, inc.

1) The Earth and Moon as One Ecosystem

1. Mission 1: Moon Landing
2. Mission 2: Moon Landing and Exploration
3. Mission 3: Information of Moon and Construction of the Earth-Moon Transportation Service Platform

2) Payload Services

3) Data Services

   4-2. Interstellar Technologies Inc.

1) Efforts Specializing in Small Rockets

2) “ZERO,” Developed Entirely In-house to Achieve Cost Reductions

3) Constellation and Formation Flights Using Small Satellites

4) “DECA,” Next-Generation Large Rocket

5) The World beyond “ZERO”

6) Partnership

   4-3. Kabushiki Kaisha Infostellar

1) “StellarStatoin,” a Cloud-based Ground Station Platform

2) Antenna Hosting Services

3) Other Services

1. Technical Services
2. Regulatory Compliance Support

   4-4. SPACE WALKER Inc.

1) Development of Winged Reusable Rocket (Spaceplane)

1. “ECO ROCKET ®”
2. Industry-Government-Academia Open Innovation System
3. Milestones in Spaceplane Development

5. Future Prospects of Private Space Business

Private Space Business Part 2: The Space Utilization Industry

– A New Boom of Development of Various New Products Utilizing Zero Gravity and a Vacuum with Small Artificial Satellites and Use of Artificial Satellite Data Started Led by the Private Sector –

1. Overview of the Space Utilization Industry

2. Contents of the Space Utilization Industry

   2-1. The Space Utilization Service Industry

   2-2. Consumer Equipment Related to Space Utilization

1) TV Compatible with Satellite Broadcasting

2) Mobile Phones with GPS Function

3) Automotive Navigation System

   2-3. The Space Utilization User Industry

1) Telecommunication and Broadcasting Fields

2) Positioning, Surveying, and Transportation Fields

3) Remote Sensing Field

3. Market Size of the Space Utilization Industry

4. What Companies and Research Institutes Do

   4-1. ALE Co., Ltd.

1) Space Entertainment Business “SKY CANVAS”

2) Atmospheric Data Business

   4-2. Synspective Inc.

1) Launch of Small SAR Satellites

2) Data Acquisition

3) Solution Provision

   4-3. DigitalBlast, Inc.

1) Business Consulting

2) Media and Event Business

3) New Business, R&D

1. CSS Concept: Construction of Space Stations Led by the Private Sector
2. Project “NOAH” to Build a System to Maintain Ecosystem Cycling on the Moon Surface
3. “ALICE”: Data Distribution Base Using NFT

   4-4. Tenchijin, Inc.

1) Major Issues Addressed by Tenchijin

1. Global Climate Change
2. Declining Birthrate and Aging Population

2) Technologies

1. Data Collection According to Project Characteristics
2. Various Types of Data Can be Handled
3. Big Data x Machine Learning

3) Solutions

1. “Tenchijin COMPASS” as an Online GIS Platform
2. Major Functions of “Tenchijin COMPASS”

4) Examples

1. Infrastructure: Leakage Risk Assessment
2. Agriculture Field: Shift to Sustainable Agriculture in Response to Climate Changes
3. Renewable Energy: Making Processes of Infrastructure Construction Site Search and Installation More Efficient

   4-5. WARPSPACE Inc.

1) Establishment of an Optical Inter-Satellite Communication Relay Network “WarpHub InterSat” in Spac to Solve Communication Problems

2) Optical Relay Satellite Network “WarpHub InterSat,” Aiming for the Network on the Ground to Cover the Entire Earth

3) Contribution to Making Deep Space Development Efficient by Constructing a Network Covering the Entire Space

5. Future Prospects of the Space Utilization Industry