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Published Date: 2020/05/27

"KIBO Space Broadcasting Station" Project Supply spacecraft carrying equipment arrives at the ISS

In November 2019, the interactive creative company VASQUEL was selected as a project under JAXA's (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) J-SPARC co-creation R&D program, which aims to create innovative space-related businesses. As part of this, VASQUEL established the interactive program studio "KIBO Space Broadcasting Station" within the International Space Station (ISS) and began activities with SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation to create space media ventures.
JAXA Press Release at the time: https://www.jaxa.jp/press/2019/11/20191106a_j.html

 
 

The program connecting Earth and space in real-time aims for a summer 2020 broadcast (planned broadcaster: BS SKY PerfecTV! ). Actors Tomoya Nakamura and Masaki Suda have been appointed as the main crew members to produce the program concept from scratch.

Subsequently, the company continued technical coordination with JAXA to realize the project. At 2:31 AM on May 21, the Kounotori 9 spacecraft, carrying equipment for the space broadcasting station, was successfully launched from the Tanegashima Space Center (Kagoshima Prefecture) aboard the H-IIB rocket No. 9. On the 26th, JAXA announced the resupply spacecraft had completed its docking with the ISS. The project has reached a significant milestone.
This event was live-streamed on the project's official YouTube channel, with main crew member Tomoya Nakamura, astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, and VASQUEL CEO Masayoshi Park watching the launch.
Official website: https://kibo.space/ja/

 

 

 

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