Japan LEO Shachu (Mitsui & Co)

Japan LEO Shachu reportedly plans to develop the “Japan Module” for commercial space stations.

Created: 2024-07-10

Updated: 2024-07-27

Company - Japan LEO Shachu (Mitsui & Co)

Founded
Country: 2024; Japan

Funding: Yes, ?

Product/Service - Japan Module

Classification: Space Stations & Habitats

Category: Commercial Space Station
Space Station Module

Status: Development

First launch: Not announced

A Japanese conglomerate has established a new subsidiary seeking to develop a module that could be installed on future commercial space stations.

The new venture, called Japan LEO Shachu, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui & Co. that was formally established on July 1, its chief executive, Yudai Yamamoto, said in a July 9 presentation at the Spacetide conference here.

The goal of the company, he said, is to “leverage Japan’s strengths in LEO” building upon past work by Mitsui, which included handling cubesat deployments from Japan’s Kibo module on the International Space Station. Mitsui also invested in commercial space station developer Axiom Space in 2021.

The concept that Japan LEO Shachu is pursuing is the “Japan Module,” a module based on technologies developed for the HTV and new HTV-X cargo spacecraft. The module would include a pressurized area for research, manufacturing and other applications, as well as an external platform for additional payloads. The module will also have its own system for high-bandwidth communications.

https://spacenews.com/japanese-venture-seeks-to-develop-commercial-space-station-module/

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