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"Next-Generation Spaceport" Working Group Launched and Recruitment of Participating Companies Begins

April 12, 2024 by admin_innovative

Innovative Space Carrier Inc.(Chuo-ku, Tokyo, CEOKojiro Hatada) is a start-up company with the vision of Creating an era when everyone has access to spaceand aims to realize a transportation system that makes space reusablepossible.

We are pleased to announce that we have decided to establish a working group (NSP-WG) to plan the "Next Generation Space Port (NSP)" necessary for the realization of high-frequency space transportation services.

THE NSP-WG WILL EXPAND THE SCOPE OF ITS STUDIES NOT ONLY ON LAND BUT ALSO AT SEA, AND PLAN A NEW AND HIGHLY PRACTICAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION BASE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE.

Interested companies can contact us using the form below.
NSP-WG Inquiry Form

summary

  • - ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NSP-WG WORKING GROUP TO PLAN THE NEXT GENERATION SPACEPORT
  • ●INQUIRIES AND MEMBER RECRUITMENT WILL START AT THE EXHIBITION "SPEXA" TO BE HELD AT TOKYO BIG SIGHT AT THE END OF APRIL 2024.
  • ●Scheduled to kick off in July 2024

What is a New Space Port (NSP)?

THE NSP IS A BASE FOR SUPPORTING HIGH-FREQUENCY SPACE TRANSPORTATION IN ORDER TO MEET THE GROWING DEMAND FOR SPACE TRANSPORTATION IN THE FUTURE. IN ADDITION TO LAUNCHING AND LANDING ROCKETS, WE AIM TO ATTRACT A WIDE RANGE OF VISITORS, AND WE ENVISION A COMBINATION OF A WIDE RANGE OF FACILITIES RELATED TO SPACE TRANSPORTATION, SUCH AS COMMERCIAL FACILITIES SUCH AS MALLS AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES SUCH AS LIVE VENUES, AS WELL AS ENERGY FACILITIES AND DISASTER COUNTERMEASURES.

WHAT IS THE WORKING GROUP (NSP-WG)?

It is a fixed-term group to study the possibility of NSP. Once the direction is determined, a rough feasibility study is conducted to create deliverables that can be used in the future when construction projects are formed.

Outline Schedule / Flow

24/04AT THE EXHIBITION "SPEXA" AT TOKYO BIG SIGHT, WE STARTED ACCEPTING INQUIRIES AND RECRUITING MEMBERS.
24/05Participation Announcement Period
24/06CONSULTATION WITH COMPANIES THAT HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR PARTICIPATION, APPLICATION AND MOU CONCLUSION
24/07NSP-WG KICK-OFF
24/10Creation of a draft roadmap
25/02Preparation of a business plan based on a draft roadmap
25/05Interim summary, feedback reflection, etc.
25/08Create a visual
25/10Summary
*April '24 - Oct '25 Approximate schedule

■ Deliverables

●Roadmap
●Business Plan
● Visuals (rough design/model/video, etc.)

INQUIRIES ABOUT NSP-WG

Interested companies can contact us using the form below.
NSP-WG Inquiry Form