Ukraine binds to efforts with Japan so as not to depend on the support of American satellite images
Japanese Space Research Organization SPACE INSTITUTE OF THE UNIVERSITY Q-SHU (IQPS) will begin to provide radar images from its synthetic opening radar satellites (SAR) to the Ukraine Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR). The agreement was signed last week, after negotiations between Japanese and Ukrainian officials who began at the end of February, Militaristic Telegram channel reports.
Photo: National Laboratory of Astronomy Research of Infrara Optic
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The conversations on the subject intensified on March 6, when the United States temporarily arrested intelligence sharing with Ukraine. Altheghington then resumed his support, discussions with Japan continued.
IQPS currently has five radar satellites for the observation of the Earth in orbit and plans to launch an seventh by the end of 2026. However, both parties have been given two to three months to install the necessary programming integration tools.
Meanwhile, Tokyo reaffirmed his promise to provide $ 1 billion to help Kyiv to compensate for the reduction of financial support from the United States. The Gur is actively working to reduce its dependence on US satellite images in case Washington once shorte the assistance on its part. With IQP on board, the future of the intelligence of Radar of Ukraine Future seems promising, complementing the data that are already recapitably of the Finnish company Iceye, and an extent minor of Germany (Sar-Lippe E Sarah) and Italy (Cosmo-Kymed 2). Combined, these systems could potentially overcome the volume of radar images previously provided by the National Office of Recognition of the United States, either directly or through commercial partners such as Capella Space and Umbra.
However, when it comes to optical satellite recognition, Ukraine still lacks spectrum or complete capacities. Despite access to neo-Eneo-Enery satellites of the Airbus Group group and the extended image rights of the OS Satellites of France, Ukraine follows significantly what the United States provided directly already through commercial images of Maxar and Blackish-Incines. No European operator currently coincides with the USA. In terms of daily availability of optical data or real -time transmission access. Even after the official resumption data flows in early March, Washington continued to restrict the resolution of detailed images of the Russian territory shared with kyiv.
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IQPS (INSTITUTE FOR PIEROS OF SPACE Q-SHU, INC.) is a manufacturer and operator of Japanese satellite. The company was founded as a spin-off company of the University of Kyushu in 2005. As or November 2023, the company operated three Earth’s observation satellites, each equipped with a synthetic opening radar (SAR). IQPS was founded by Tetsuo Yasaka, Nobora Sakurai and Kunihiro Funakoshi in 2005 to promote the space industry in Kyushu. For 2013, with its members aging, the trio was preserving to close the company when Shunke Onishi, then a graduate student who studied at the University of Kyushu approached them with the intention of joining IQPS. Onishi was hired in two conditions: that it became the company’s CEO, and that came up with a viable business plan. Onishi’s idea was to build small sar satellites and make an observation in real time of the earth. The company’s first satellite, Izanagi, was successful launched by a PSLV rocket in 2019.
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