Japanese Company Wants To Develop Commercial Space Station Module

JAKARTA Mitsui & Co, a Japanese manufacturing company, founded a new company under the Japanese name LEO Shachu. The company, which was founded on Monday, July 1, will be engaged in the space sector. Yudai Yamamoto, Japan Chief Executive LEO Shachu, said that the company will advance Japanese power in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). They will develop modules that can be installed on space stations commercially. The company will build on Mitsui's previous work results, namely the deployment of CubeSat, a small cube satellite, from the Japanese Kibo module on the International Space Station (ISS). However, its main focus remains the creation of the Japanese Module. The module will use the system for wide band communication or high-speed internet connections. The living space for these astronauts will have several pressurized areas for research, manufacturing needs, to external platforms for extra charging.

"Launching new vehicles is not our only goal," Yamamoto said at the Spacetide conference, quoted from Spacenews. "(modules) need to be used, so most of our current strategy is to create new markets." To make the Japanese Module successful, Japan LEO Shachu will depend on international cooperation. They will take advantage of the capabilities of developers of commercial space stations from America. "We are open to cooperating with international partners, especially with US commercial space station companies," said Yamamoto. "Having modules that complement them and how we can contribute to global commercial LEO systems are also important."