Warpspace is a private Japanese company developing an inter-satellite communication system based on laser communication. It is developing a medium Earth orbit satellite, WarpHub InterSat, intended to communicate with other satellites in low Earth orbit using optical communication and then pass the received data on to ground stations.
Facts
Agency TypePrivate Japanese inter-satellite laser-communication technology company 1 Founded Year HeadquartersNamed as one of three offices (Tsukuba, Washington DC and Frankfurt) in the cited source; Tsukuba is the company founding location per Wikipedia. HeadHiromitsu Higashi, representative director and CEO (from March 2023) 2 Open Questions
Annual BudgetNot publicly disclosed
Not stated in the cited sources; a Series A funding round in 2021 is mentioned but is not an annual budget or revenue figure. In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Japan, located there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Warpspace
WikipediaLead paragraph, opening sentence
Warpspace is a private Japanese company developing an inter-satellite communication system based on laser communication.
History section, founding sentence
Warpspace was founded in 2016 as a spin-off company of Tsukuba University.
View the Source 2. Space Watch Africa: Japanese space startup WARPSPACE restructures, appoints Hiromitsu Higashi CEO
Space Watch AfricaBody text, offices sentence
Aiming to make a global contribution, WARPSPACE have offices in Tsukuba City, Washington DC (USA), and Frankfurt (Germany).
Opening paragraph
The company announced Hiromitsu Higashi as the new CEO and representative director of the company.
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