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• Japanese firm Space Compass Corporation has agreed to buy a SWISSTo12 GEO optical data relay satellite. The compact Hummingsat will be used for Space Compass’ optical data relay service. Space...
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Japanese firm Space Compass Corporation has agreed to buy a SWISSTo12 GEO optical data relay satellite. The compact Hummingsat will be used for Space Compass’ optical data relay service. Space Compass is an ambitious firm that’s a joint venture between IT giant NTT and pay-TV and satellite service firm SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation. JSAT was the first commercial company to operate a Japanese private communications satellite and operates a constellation of satellites for commercial purposes and Japanese military communications. JSAT, in turn, is owned by a veritable who’s who of the Japanese media and corporate worlds, including Itochu, Fuji Media Holdings, NTT Communications, the Sumitomo Corporation, Nippon TV, and TBS. Itochu and Sumitomo are two of Japan’s largest and most influential wh