Series「Japan's Space Venture Challenge」

Horie-mon declares: Space will surpass the IT industry!! And it will happen in the near future.

Many people hold the fixed notion that "space isn't a profitable field." To help people recognize that space is neither a dream nor a niche specialty, but a real business arena, we introduce ventures tackling space development. This time, we feature Hokkaido-based Interstellar Technologies, which is challenging the small rocket launch business. This is a talk session with founder Takafumi Horie.

Yamamoto Kei

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Is Space Profitable?! Insights from the Development Frontlines. [Satellite Data Edition]

Many people hold the fixed notion that "space isn't a profitable field." To help people recognize that space is neither a dream nor a niche specialty, but a real business arena, we'll introduce ventures tackling space development in Kyushu and Hokkaido across two parts. This time, we feature Kyushu's QPS Laboratory. It's a company working on developing a "small SAR satellite" equipped with "synthetic aperture radar."

Yamamoto Kei

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Yusaku Maezawa's manager, heading to space as a civilian astronaut.

We were able to remotely interview Mr. Hirano, who is Mr. Yusaku Maezawa's manager and ended up going to space due to various circumstances, on December 4th, four days before the rocket launch, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan where he was undergoing pre-launch quarantine.

Sasagawa Makoto, Yozo Hirano

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JAXA and Horiemon: Co-Creating the Rocket Business.

Interstellar Technologies, led by Takafumi Horie (aka Horiemon), has successfully launched the "MOMO" observation rocket—marking the first time a private company has achieved this feat independently. We visited Makoto Yoshida, Director of JAXA's Kakuda Space Center, and spoke with Takafumi Horie and Takahiro Inagawa of IST about the significance of their partnership and the future of Japan's space business.

Sasagawa Makoto, Takahiro Inagawa, Takafumi Horie, Makoto Yoshida

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Horie's "World's Lowest-Performance Rocket"

This series visits Japanese space startups to explore how space can be utilized. This time, Dentsu Inc.'s Makoto Sasagawa interviewed Takafumi Horie, founder of Interstellar Technologies (IST), and Takahiro Inagawa, president of IST, as they prepare to launch Japan's first private observation rocket within the year.

Sasagawa Makoto, Takahiro Inagawa, Takafumi Horie

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Now Common Knowledge: Four Trends in Space Business!

Toshihiro Katayama, Masayasu Ishida, Hidetake Aoki, Sasagawa Makoto

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Introduction to Space! The Third Space Venture Boom Has Arrived

Toshihiro Katayama, Masayasu Ishida, Hidetake Aoki, Sasagawa Makoto

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Deriving Insights from Satellite Images! Space is the Turning Point for Marketing Evolution

Masafumi Tanizawa, Tomoya Nakamura

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The Only Company in the World Challenging Space Debris: A Japanese Venture

Mitsunobu Okada, Tomoyasu Katagai

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