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ElevationSpace Inc.

Creating a New Path Back from Space to Earth

Business Domain

In-Space / On Orbit Service
  • Satellite Components
  • Orbital Platform
  • Science
  • Exploration

Company Profile

  • ElevationSpace is a Tohoku University–origin space startup based in Japan.
  • We provide reliable “return flights” from space through re-entry capsules.
  • We enable high-frequency sample return from LEO and hypersonic flight test missions.

Core Business

  • A free-flyer space environment utilization and recovery platform
  • High-Frequency Cargo Return Service from Crewed Space Station
  • Commercial hypersonic flight testbed for defense and security applications

Potential Collaboration Areas

  • Microgravity R&D and in-orbit demonstration using our free-flyer utilization and recovery platform.
  • High-frequency cargo return from crewed space stations for life sciences and advanced materials.
  • Hypersonic flight experiments and data acquisition for defense and security applications.

Core Competence

  • The only startup in Japan advancing re-entry technology in collaboration with JAXA.
  • Vertically integrated in-house development of satellite bus, propulsion systems, and re-entry capsule.
  • A broad pipeline across commercial and defense markets, from microgravity to hypersonic missions.

Address / Website

Ichigo Kakyoin Building 9F 2-1-65, Kakyoin, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-0013, Japan

https://elevation-space.com/en

Contact

https://elevation-space.com/en/contact