Axelspace (GRUS, Pyxis)

Weighs < 95 kg and captures images with a 2.5-meter resolution over a 57-kilometer area.

• Four satellites launched in 2021. Five additional satellites in 2023.

• Axelspace and Synspective to Demonstrate One-Stop Service of Small Satellite Constellation under Support of the Government of Japan.
• AxelLiner will make it convenient to develop space-based business. It aims to achieve low-cost and short delivery times with a versatile satellite system to be demonstrated, and to improve UX from business studies to actual operation with AxelLiner Terminal.
• Axelspace has successfully developed a Ka-band radio for Earth observation satellites with Tokyo Tech. The radio operates with less than half the power consumption of conventional radio.
• Axelspace Signs a Capital and Business Alliance Agreement With Space Compass and Tokio Marine Holdings to Promote Next-Generation Microsatellite Businesses, 2023-04-05.
• Ka-Band Multi-Gbps High Speed Downlink With Electrically Steerable Beam, SmallSat 2023.
• The Series D round will also go towards an initiative Axelspace announced in 2022 called AxelLiner, where the company will produce microsatellites for other customers, SpaceNews, 2023-12-27.
  • At the time of the AxelLiner announcement, the company said it would work with two other Japanese firms, Misumi Group Ltd. and Yuki Holdings Inc., in an alliance for mass production of smallsats. The first demonstration satellite of that effort is scheduled for launch in early 2024.
  • Axelspace is part of a trend of companies that initially built satellites for their own businesses but now offer them to others.
• Axelspace Announces the Successful Launch of the Demonstration Satellite “PYXIS”, 2024-03-05. PYXIS is the first demonstration satellite of AxelLiner, the one-stop microsatellite service.
• Exclusive: Axelspace eyes June IPO, sources say, latest Japan space startup to seek a listing, 2025-05-08.

Solutions based on microsatellite technology. Design and production of microsatellites and related components. Launch arrangements and operational support. Business related to microsatellite data.