00:04Japan is one of the world's most advanced space nations.
00:08Today in Tokyo we are going to meet two key players in the aerospace industry.
00:17Space isn't just about exploration anymore.
00:21With hundreds of satellites launching every year,
00:24Earth's orbit is becoming very crowded,
00:26and keeping it safe is now one of the biggest challenges.
00:29After decades of launches, thousands of broken satellites and rocket fragments stay in orbit.
00:36Even a small piece of debris can cause catastrophic damage.
00:40AstroScale's Japan branch develops technologies to prevent dangerous space debris collisions,
00:45and Executive Vice President Miki Ito leads its missions to keep Earth's orbit safe.
01:17If space is filled with debris, it could become unusable.
01:21Putting essential services like GPS, broadband, and banking at risk.
01:26AstroScale's last mission, ADRAS-J, is a world-fast commercial attempt to approach and inspect a large piece of debris,
01:34opening the way for safe removal.
01:36AstroScale is one of the most advanced debbie's most advanced
01:46I think it's one of the things that we've reached 15m to 15m.
01:50At the time of ADDRAS-J, we've been able to create a lot of technology and rulemaking,
01:55and at the same time, we've been able to create a lot of results.
02:04ADDRAS-J is developed in partnership with Japan's space agency JAXA through the CRD2 program,
02:12which aims to turn debris removal technology into real-world commercial services.
02:17ADDRAS-J is developed in a way that we try to create a large-scale space debris system.
02:24It's not the goal of developing technology development in other countries, but
02:33a large-scale space debris system, which is very useful to solve the problems of the debris.
02:42We've been able to do a lot of goals in that regard.
02:45After completing its first inspection phase, ADDRAS-J mission now moves to phase 2,
02:51de-orbiting the large debris from its original orbital altitude,
02:55a rare example of public and private sectors working together to make space more sustainable.
03:01Japan's role in space technology goes beyond debris removal.
03:05One company is transforming the way satellites stay connected to Earth. Let's find out more.
03:11Naomi Korohara's Tokyo startup, Infrastella, tackles another growing challenge – communication.
03:17With more satellites launching every year, there simply aren't enough ground antennas to keep them
03:23connected. Her company is rethinking how this infrastructure works.
03:27Naomi Korohara is the owner of a ground station, and then the owner directly leads or lets satellite
03:37operators to use their facilities. However, our uniqueness is that we are a platformer,
03:44so we provide a software platform to connect various ground stations.
04:09A platformer makes it easy to start a space business. And then, if we can get more space
04:18businesses, we may have more great and game-changing space business in the future. So, in that sense,
04:28I think we are democratizing the space industry to get more players.
04:33Naomi Korohara's ambition is to lower the barriers to space, helping new companies grow and shaping the
04:39next generation of the space economy.
04:43Naomi Korohara is protecting critical orbital infrastructure, clearing debris
04:48technology and boosting communications, innovations which are shaping global space and solving real-world challenges.
04:55Naomi Korohara is protecting the social media of the world and the human health system.
04:56Naomi Korohara is protecting the the world.
04:57Naomi Korohara is protecting the world's需要 of uncertainty over the world.
04:59Naomi Korohara is protecting the world'sừa-gave and protecting the world's generation of human rights.
05:00Naomi Korohara is protecting the world's yoga in the world.
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