00:04Japan is one of the world's most advanced space nations. Today in Tokyo we are going to meet two key
00:11players in the aerospace industry.
00:17Space isn't just about exploration anymore. With hundreds of satellites launching every year, Earth's orbit is becoming very crowded and
00:26keeping it safe is now one of the biggest challenges.
00:29After decades of launches, thousands of broken satellites and rocket fragments stay in orbit. Even a small piece of debris
00:37can cause catastrophic damage.
00:40AstroScale's Japan branch develops technologies to prevent dangerous space debris collisions and Executive Vice President Miki Ito leads its missions
00:49to keep Earth's orbit safe.
00:51The debris is, the debris is around the universe and the planets around the planet. Everyone around, they are moving
00:59around at a tremendous speed and it is moving around at 100% of the speed.
01:04The debris is moving around at a tremendous speed. An astrocytes are moving around at a tremendous speed.
01:16If space is filled with debris, it could become unusable, putting 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.
02:04ADRAS-J is developed in partnership with Japan's space agency JAXA through the CRD-2 program, which aims to turn
02:13debris removal technology into real-world commercials.
02:16ADRAS-J is a threat to the services.
02:45After completing its first inspection phase, ADDRESS-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.
03:10Let's find out more.
03:10Naomi 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 connected.
03:24Her company is rethinking how this infrastructure works.
03:28There is an owner of ground station and then the owner directly leads or let satellite operators to use their
03:38facilities.
03:39However, our uniqueness is that we are a platformer.
03:44So we provide a software platform to connect various ground stations.
03:51Faster links means satellites can send more images more often, crucial for climate monitoring and disaster response.
03:58By sharing existing antennas instead of building new ones, the system also lowers costs and opens space operations to smaller
04:06companies and research teams.
04:08Our platform makes it easy to start space business.
04:14And then if we can get more space businesses, we may have more great and game-changing space business in
04:25the future.
04:26So in that sense, I think we are democratizing the space industry to get more players.
04:34Korohara's ambition is to lower the barriers to space, helping new companies grow and shaping the next generation of the
04:41space economy.
04:43Japan is protecting critical orbital infrastructure, clearing debris and boosting communications, innovations which are shaping global space and solving real
04:54-world challenges.
04:55Who will be used to be in the future based off of the space?
04:58From that perspective.
04:59You should be in the future.
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