Space Compass has been entrusted with a part of the commercialization study of Mitsui & Co.’s project to own and operate a successor to the Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo” on the International Space Station (ISS), and is conducting studies toward commercialization of communications and data centers. It started.
Mitsui & Co. has been selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) as a business operator for the “conceptual study of a Japanese module connected to the U.S. commercial space station in the private sector-led low-Earth orbit manned base project.” In anticipation of the scheduled retirement of the ISS, they will conduct a commercialization study with multiple partners for a successor to the Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo.”
This research work will take advantage of the environment in which the Kibo successor’s relatively high-performance computers can be deployed, and will process experimental data at high speed in real time, using optical communications with the ground, observation satellites, and probes. they aim to create new value by connecting with high capacity.
Space Compass’s “Space Integrated Computing Network” concept aims to integrate and process space networks in various orbits and frequency bands using new communication and computing technologies, thereby fusing non-terrestrial and terrestrial networks. It provides value by combining the features of each. The company hopes to accelerate the realization of the concept by utilizing the environment of the ISS successor.