New Management Structure Announced by Axelspace
Tokyo-based microsatellite company Axelspace has announced a new management structure effective June 1, 2023.
Since being established in 2008 by a team of three members, the company has engaged in the development, manufacturing, and operation of nine microsatellites, including the world’s first Arctic sea ice monitoring satellite WNISAT-1, and RAPIS-1, the first project entrusted by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to a space startup from development to operation.
The company’s pioneering project, the “AxelGlobe” commercial Earth observation constellation business, the first of its kind in Japan, has expanded to a constellation of five microsatellites with the launch of four microsatellites in 2021. The company says it is advancing its utilization in collaboration with over 80 partner companies worldwide, and have provided Earth observation data to hundreds of client companies for various applications.
New Management Structure will Help Company Grow
In order to further accelerate the societal implementation of space utilization services using microsatellites, Axelspace is exploring the possibility of going public and has overhauled its management structure, effective from our new fiscal year starting on June 1, 2023. Under the new management structure, Axelspace will focus on driving DX to enable real-time visualization of conditions to allow for informed business decision-making, strengthen our HR functions to support the further expansion of its organization from the current count of over 130 members and to prepare for future overseas expansion, enact proactive security measures that enhance the safety and value of operations, as well as foster the rapid growth of both AxelGlobe and AxelLiner businesses.
Our company will celebrate its 15th anniversary in August of this year. Under the leadership of the new management team, we will continue to work as a unified team to pursue our vision of “Space within Your Reach.”
Under the new management structure, co-founder Naoki Miyashita will now be working as a researcher in the Intelligent Space Systems Laboratory of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the University of Tokyo, the same laboratory co-founders Yuya Nakamura and Takeshi Eishima were affiliated with previously, to conduct research on microsatellite architecture, etc. suitable for mass production. Miyashita will continue to be deeply involved in the satellite business as a technical advisor.
(Source: Axelspace news release. Image provided. Pictured: Front Row (L-R), Yasuoka (Head of AxelLiner Business Division), Nakamura (CEO) , Orihara (CFO), Fukasawa (Head of AxelGlobe Business Division). Back Row (L-R), Nakanishi (CSSO), Kokubo (Co-CTO/Information Technology), Eishima (Co-CTO/Aerospace Engineering), Hamada (CHRO), Sasaki (CISO), Ota (CSO))