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iQPS

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Japanese satellite company
iQPS
IndustrySatellite imagery
Founded2005 inFukuoka,Japan
FoundersTetsuo Yasaka
Noboru Sakurai
Kunihiro Funakoshi
FateActive
Headquarters
Fukuoka
,
Japan
Productssatellite images
Websitei-qps.net

iQPS (Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc.) is a Japanese satellite manufacturer and operator. The company was founded as a spin-off company ofKyushu University in 2005.[1] As of September 2025, the company operated sevenEarth observation satellites, each equipped with asynthetic-aperture radar (SAR).[2]

History

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iQPS was founded by Tetsuo Yasaka, Noboru Sakurai and Kunihiro Funakoshi in 2005 to promote the space industry inKyushu. By 2013, with its members aging, the trio were considering to close the company when Shunsuke Onishi, then a graduate student studying at Kyushu University approached them intending to join iQPS. Onishi was hired on two conditions: that he become the company's CEO, and that he come up with a viable business plan. Onishi's idea was to build small SAR satellites and conduct real time observation of Earth.[3]

The company's first SAR satellite, IZANAGI was successfully launched by aPSLV rocket in 2019.[4]

List of satellites

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Satellite List[5][6]
NameNicknameLaunch DateLaunch VehicleSiteStatus
QSAT-EOSTsukushi6 November 2014DneprDombarovskySuccess
QPS-SAR-1Izanagi11 December 2019PSLV-QLSatish DhawanSuccess
QPS-SAR-2Izanami24 January 2022Falcon 9 Block 5Cape CanaveralSuccess
QPS-SAR-3Amateru-I12 October 2022EpsilonUchinoraLaunch failure
QPS-SAR-4Amateru-II12 October 2022EpsilonUchinoraLaunch failure
QPS-SAR-5Tsukuyomi-I15 December 2023ElectronMahiaOperational
QPS-SAR-6Amateru-III12 June 2023Falcon 9 Block 5VandenbergSuccess
QPS-SAR-7Tsukuyomi-II7 April 2024Falcon 9 Block 5KennedyOperational
QPS-SAR-8Amateru-IV16 August 2024Falcon 9 Block 5VandenbergOperational
QPS-SAR-9Susanoo-I15 March 2025ElectronMahiaOperational
QPS-SAR-10Wadatsumi-I17 May 2025ElectronMahiaOperational
QPS-SAR-11Yamatsumi-I11 June 2025ElectronMahiaOperational
QPS-SAR-12Kushinada-I5 August 2025ElectronMahiaOperational
QPS-SAR-14Yachihoko-I5 November 2025ElectronMahiaOperational

See also

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References

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  1. ^"福岡の"リアル下町ロケット"！宇宙ベンチャー企業「ＱＰＳ研究所」".RKB Online (in Japanese). June 28, 2022.Archived from the original on 2022-12-22. Retrieved2023-12-15.
  2. ^"各衛星の稼働状況について"(PDF) (in Japanese). iQPS. September 4, 2025. Retrieved2025-11-05.
  3. ^"九州から宇宙へ！ 衛星開発ベンチャー「QPS研究所」の師弟の夢".FUKUOKA leap up (in Japanese). June 18, 2020.Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved2023-12-15.
  4. ^Werner, Debra (September 30, 2020)."Japan's iQPS to update technology for future radar satellites".SpaceNews.Archived from the original on 2023-12-15. Retrieved2023-12-15.
  5. ^"QPS-SAR 1, 2 (Izanagi, Izanami)".Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved2025-10-16.
  6. ^"QPS-SAR 3, ..., 19 (Amateru 1, ..., 4, Tsukuyomi 1, 2, Susanoo 1)".Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved2025-10-16.

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