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ArkEdge Space Selected with JAXA’s Space Strategy Fund Program as an On-Orbit Demonstration Provider Supporting Domestic Launch Capability

ArkEdge Space Participates in the Launch of New Company “WALL” with Wakayama-Based Partners

ArkEdge Space Signs MoU with Seiren to Strengthen Collaboration for Large-Scale Micro-Satellite Manufacturing ~Accelerating Constellation Deployment~

ArkEdge Space Launches and Begins Operations of Three New Micro-satellites — AE5Ra, AE5Rb, and AE5Rc Standardized 6U bus enables simultaneous multi-satellite production and deployment; twelve in-house developed satellites in orbit, with nine entering operation over the past year

ArkEdge Space CEO Takayoshi Fukuyo Named Forbes JAPAN’s “Start-up of the Year 2026”

ArkEdge Space Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Republic of Tajikistan for Joint Research on Glacier and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Monitoring Using Satellite Data

ArkEdge Space Demonstrates Satellite Short Messaging for Global IoT Connectivity ～Live demonstration validates energy-efficient, long-distance data transmission between compact IoT devices and ArkEdge’s micro-satellites～

ArkEdge Space Establishes New Ground Station in Taiki, Hokkaido —Strengthening Satellite Operations Through a Multi-Site Ground Network Across Japan

ArkEdge Space, NICT, Kiyohara Optics, and SoftBank Join Forces to Demonstrate Optical Wireless Communications Between Satellites and HAPS Pioneering two-way laser links between low Earth orbit and the stratosphere

ArkEdge Space Selected by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment for FY2025 Inter-Ministerial SBIR Program Advancing R&D on Multi-Satellite-Based Environmental Change Detection and Risk Analysis Platform to Support Nature-Positive Innovation

ArkEdge Space Achieves Full Mission Success with “AE2a” Micro-satellite Contributing to SDG-Related Applications through Forest and Greenhouse Gas Monitoring

ArkEdge Space Selected by JAXA to Study Dedicated LEO PNT System Toward a Robust Satellite-Based Positioning Infrastructure Beyond GNSS

ArkEdge Space Signs MoUs and LoIs with African Partners at TICAD9 and IAC 2025 Advancing Social Solutions and Human Capacity Development through Space Data Utilization

ArkEdge Space Selected for “QZSS Utilization Demonstration Project” Advancing Satellite IoT Applications Across Asia-Pacific with MADOCA-PPP Tide Monitoring Buoys

ArkEdge Space Wins President’s Award from JST at the “Award for Academic Startups 2025”

ArkEdge Space’s Executive and Founding Engineer Dr. Nobuhiro Funabiki Named to 2025 Via Satellite “Rising Star” List Recognized for Advancing Micro-Satellite Innovation and Inclusive Space Access on a Global Scale

ArkEdge Space Successfully Launches and Initiates Operations of AE2a and AE3Va Micro-satellites — Ongoing Demonstration of 6U Standard Satellite Bus with Five Operational Satellites to Date —

ArkEdge Space Achieves Full Success in On-Orbit Demonstration of Space Components with Micro-satellite “AE1c”

ArkEdge Space and Kongsberg Satellite Services AS Sign MoU to Promote Strategic Collaboration in the Micro-satellite Sector

ArkEdge Space Named to “Forbes Asia 100 to Watch 2024” The only Japanese space startup to be recognized on this year’s list

ArkEdge Space Signs MoU with MUFG and Shimizu Corporation to Advance Remote Sensing with Multi-Wavelength Technology Accelerating Application Development and New Business Creation through Space-Based Data

ArkEdge Space Selected for METI’s “J-Startup” Program

ArkEdge Space Achieves World-Class Ground Resolution Imaging with ONGLAISAT, a Jointly Developed CubeSat

ArkEdge Space Raises JPY 8 Billion in Series B Funding to Become Leading Satellite System Integrator-Accelerating Satellite Mass Production and Business Expansion-

ArkEdge Space and SKY Perfect JSAT Partner to Accelerate Micro-Satellite Constellation Commercialization-Advancing Cooperation in Satellite Control, Ground Station Utilization, and Business Development-

ArkEdge Space Begins Operation of Small Satellites AE1c and AE1d with New 6U Multi-purpose Satellite Bus System ーOrbital Demonstration of On-board Components, Including VDES Mission Equipmentー

Disruptive Energy Technology Demonstration Satellite “DENDEN-01” to Be Deployed into Space on December 9 — On-orbit Demonstration of Various Energy Technologies and High-Load Missions Begins —

ArkEdge Space Selected for JAXA Space Strategy Fund Initiative: “Accelerating Commercial Satellite Constellation Deployment” — Building Multi-purpose Satellite Constellations —

ArkEdge Space Selected by JAXA on High-Performance, Resilient Operations for Lunar Navigation Satellite System Feasibility Study — Paving the Way for Critical Infrastructure in the Lunar Domain —

ArkEdge Space Successfully Establishes Communication with Two 6U Multi-purpose Satellites: AE1b and ONGLAISAT Deployed from the ISS — Moving Towards Full Operational Phase —

ArkEdge Space Selected by JAXA’s Space Strategy Fund to Lead Lunar Navigation System Development — Advancing Lunar Infrastructure Development to Support the Future Lunar Economy —

ArkEdge Space Exhibits at COP 29 Japan Pavilion Hosted by the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan — Showcasing a Geospatial Information Platform for Satellite-Based Detection and Analysis of Environmental Changes and Risks Assessment —

ArkEdge Space Successfully Launches and Delivers of Two 6U Class Satellites, AE1b and ONGLAISAT to the ISS

ArkEdge Space Completes Development of 6U Multi-purpose Satellite Bus System and Transitions to 7 Satellite Launch and In-Orbit Demonstration Phase

ArkEdge Space, Selected by JAXA for Feasibility Study on Low Earth Orbit PNT System (LEO PNT) — Started studies for the establishment of a next-generation PNT system —

ArkEdge Space Awarded Mizuho Innovation Award 2024.3Q

ArkEdge Space Signs MoU with Three Organizations in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan — Launching Joint Research on Climate Change and Regional Issues Using Satellite Data —

ArkEdge Space Completes Development for Domestically Produced Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem for Satellites — ADCS Integration Unit Adaptable for 3U to 12U Satellites —

ArkEdge Space signs MoU with Paraguayan Space Agency ―Space Industry Cooperation on Satellite Constellation for SDGs and Space Utilization and Sustainable Development through Space Data Platforms―

“EY Innovative Startup 2024” Award. Awarded to a startup company that is expected to grow remarkably in the future.

ArkEdge Space and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd. and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited, to Collaborate in Insurance Utilization for Small Satellite Constellations

ArkEdge Space will contribute to the ground station operation of the nano-satellite TIRSAT, which will be launched by the second H3 rocket test vehicle

国連気候変動枠組条約第28回締約国会議「COP28」にアークエッジ・スペースが出展 ―超小型衛星コンステレーションによる高頻度な地球観測を活用した気候変動対策、ESG投資等への衛星データ利用の取り組みを発信―

ArkEdge Space has applied for Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s Small Business Innovation Promotion Project — Creating a New Space Industry by Utilizing Advanced Satellite Remote Sensing Data —

ArkEdge Space selected for “IPAS2023” by Japan Patent Office

ArkEdge Space Selected for Development and Demonstration Project of Maritime Situational Awareness Technology Based on a Constellation of VDES Satellites

ArkEdge Space successfully injected the nano-satellite “OPTIMAL-1” into orbit from the International Space Station

ArkEdge Space Inc. has been selected as developer and manufacturer of an ultra-compact spacecraft for the comet exploration mission “Comet Interceptor”

ArkEdge Space Inc. participates in Operation of EQUULEUS, a Deep Space Explorer heading to the Moon

ArkEdge Space successfully launched its second nano-satellite, OPTIMAL-1

ArkEdge Space Inc. joins “Satellite VDES Consortium” as a founding member

ArkEdge Space Inc. has raised JPY 635 million (approx. USD 5.2 million) in Series A Additional Closing, completing a total of JPY 2.3 billion (approx. USD 18.7 million) in Series A funding.

16.7億円の資⾦調達を実施しました。組織強化により衛星コンステレーション構築を加速化するとともに、月面活動に必要となる衛星インフラ構築に向けた実証を行います。

ArkEdge Space Inc. is developing a 6U CubeSat in collaboration with the Intelligent Space Systems Laboratory (ISSL) of The University of Tokyo as part of the 6U microsatellite short-term demonstration project “6U Fast Validation CubeSat” of the National Space Organization (NSPO) of Taiwan. After making a proposal for the development, manufacturing, launch and initial operations of the satellite, ArkEdge Space was selected as collaborative research partner by the NSPO.