Infostellar, the creator of StellarStation and provider of global Ground Segment as a Service (GSaaS) to the space industry, is pleased to report that the company has achieved operational readiness for a key, Japanese commercial space industry launch.

"We have been working diligently with our global partners, Viasat and Azercosmos on completing our readiness activities for this upcoming launch," said Naomi Kurahara, CEO and Co-Founder of Infostellar. "We are pleased to report that this team has achieved operational readiness and is ‘Go for Launch’ for a key, confidential Japanese commercial satellite," Kurahara added.

John Williams, Head of Viasat’s Real Time Earth business added, “We have a multi-dimensional

partnership with Infostellar that includes GSaaS services and hosting RTE assets in Japan.

Achieving this important readiness milestone demonstrates the effectiveness of our approach to

global GSaaS services.” 

Viasat RTE ground stations in the United States and the United Kingdom are coupled with Infostellar partner ground stations in Japan and Azerbaijan. Williams added, “We’ve been working together with Infostellar on an important European government project for over a year now. Adding this Japanese commercial mission to our resume demonstrates our team’s ability to collaborate on a multitude of space applications.” 

Azercosmos’ Vice Chairman Fuad Aslanov noted, “We are very excited to be a part of this important Japanese launch. The partnership with Infostellar is a significant milestone in the achievement of our global objectives, and the main asset in this collaboration is our advanced ground station to provide high-quality, secure, and reliable services to the world.”

With worldwide network operations in Asia Pacific; Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and our new Americas region operating in the United States, Infostellar is quickly becoming a go-to solution provider for both commercial and satellite applications.

About Infostellar

Infostellar is a satellite 'Ground Segment as a Service' (GSaaS) provider. Infostellar provides flexible and scalable ground station services enabled by our cloud platform, 'StellarStation', which virtualizes ground station networks. Infostellar also provides support for the ground segment operations necessary for satellite operations, such as radio license acquisition and frequency coordination operations. By lowering the barriers to entry in the ground segment, Infostellar empowers new space businesses to build better missions and improve the quality of their service. Founded in 2016, Infostellar is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and has offices in the U.K. and the U.S.

For more information, visit https://www.infostellar.net

About Viasat

Viasat is a global communications company that believes everyone and everything in the world

can be connected. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers,

businesses, governments, and militaries around the world communicate. Today, the Company

is developing the ultimate global communications network to power high-quality, secure,

affordable, fast connections to impact people’s lives anywhere they are—on the ground, in the air or at sea. To learn more about Viasat, visit: www.viasat.com, go to Viasat's Corporate Blog, or follow the Company on social media at: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter or YouTube.

About Azercosmos

Azercosmos, the Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan, is the leading force behind the development of innovative space ecosystem in Azerbaijan. Founded in 2010 as the first and only satellite operator in the Caucasus region, Azercosmos currently operates two telecommunication (Azerspace-1 and Azerspace-2) and one Earth Observation (Azersky) satellites, successfully providing high quality and reliable services to partners across the globe. Apart from delivering a broad spectrum of services and solutions via our satellite fleet, we also engage in a wide range of R&D activities that aim to foster the technological advancement. Furthermore, we cooperate with international stakeholders and partners to ensure the establishment and strengthening of collaborative ties in the space industry, participate in major global projects, and build the local know-how. Being committed to creating a better connected, developed and secure world for future generations, we aim to emerge as one of the driving forces in the global space industry. For more information, please visit our website.

About StellarStation

StellarStation is Infostellar’s flexible, scalable, satellite ground station sharing platform. After a one-time setup, satellite operators can access any ground station across Infostellar’s global network. StellarStation also enables ground station owners to monetize their unused capacity by making it available to satellite operators. https://www.stellarstation.com/

Infostellar, the creator of StellarStation, an innovative cloud based platform,  and provider of global Ground Segment as a Services (GSaaS) to the space industry, is pleased to announce the opening of our first ground station location in Japan. This new, multi-purpose ground station is located in the Hokkaido Prefecture at Taiki-cho in the north of Japan, making it an ideal location for hosting satellite tracking antennas in any orbital inclination, and is especially attractive to  Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellites.

"With our new ground station site in Taiki, Infostellar has expanded our services to include dedicated hosting antennas for satellite operators interested in performing spacecraft contacts in this region of the world," said Naomi Kurahara, CEO and Co-Founder of Infostellar. "We are now poised to expand our customer base by providing increased access to key and strategic Asia Pacific market areas for remote sensing, Internet of Things (IoT) and SATCOM clients," Kurahara added. 

Infostellar has pioneered the concept of providing cloud-based GSaaS services to space operations companies through its unique StellarStation platform. By adding dedicated hosting services at the Taiki ground station, and future locations in Central and Southern Japan, Infostellar enhances its ability to provide services to the global space industry. With worldwide network operations in Asia Pacific; Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and our new Americas region operating in the United States, Infostellar is quickly becoming the go-to solution [provider] for a wide range of satellite applications.

Tom Pirrone, CEO of Infostellar U.S. said, "There is a real need for global access to ground-based  resources, however, there is also an expanding interest in operating in Japan for local and regional coverage of the Asia Pacific region. We have already contracted two key U.S. space operations players at our Taiki site and we have a full pipeline that requires additional capacity expansion in Taiki in the very near future. We are now in the process of expanding operations at Taiki and we are also engaged in discussions on our first ground station location in Okinawa which is of great interest to both the US and global space communities." 

Infostellar is in an expansion mode to continue to enhance both its GSaaS and Dedicated Hosting services. To further support our growing user base, Infostellar works very closely with local, regional and international regulatory players as an active partner in gaining licensing and approvals for our clients. "Our ability to communicate effectively with space regulators and licensing officials in Japan and abroad allows our company to provide the much-needed expertise and support to gain operational approvals," Kurahara said.  "Being a full-service provider to the global space industry is the realization of the vision that Infostellar was founded upon," she added. 

Infostellar is also adding more ground stations around the world to continue to provide customers with the highest-quality services, in a cost-effective manner.

About Infostellar

Infostellar is a satellite 'Ground Segment as a Service' (GSaaS) provider. Infostellar provides flexible and scalable ground station services enabled by our cloud platform, 'StellarStation', which virtualizes ground station networks. Infostellar also provides support for the ground segment operations necessary for satellite operations, such as radio license acquisition and frequency coordination operations. By lowering the barriers to entry in the ground segment, Infostellar empowers new space businesses to build better missions and improve the quality of their service. Founded in 2016, Infostellar is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and has offices in the U.K. and the U.S.

For more information, visit https://www.infostellar.net

About StellarStation

StellarStation is a flexible, scalable, satellite ground station sharing platform. After a one-time setup, satellite operators can access any ground station across Infostellar’s global network. StellarStation also enables ground station owners to monetize their unused capacity by making it available to satellite operators. https://www.stellarstation.com/