Japanese Space Station Module (Mitsui)

The Japan Module,[1] also known as the Kibō successor module,[2] is a commercial space module for scientific research being studied by the Japanese space agency JAXA and private venture Japan LEO Shachu, a wholly owned subsidiary of conglomerate Mitsui & Co., that will be docked to a yet-to-be-identified American commercial space station. The module will be placed in low Earth orbit and will primarily be used for biological and material physics research.[3]

  1. ^ Foust, Jeff (9 July 2024). "Japanese venture seeks to develop commercial space station module". SpaceNews. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Space Compass initiates feasibility study to commercialize telecom and on-orbit data processing for post-ISS Japanese Module" (PDF) (Press release). Space Compass. September 16, 2023. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  3. ^ "ポストISSにおける我が国の地球低軌道活動について（その２）" (PDF) (in Japanese). JAXA Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 2023-09-15.