ArkEdge Space @ Nanosats Database

Company name	ArkEdge Space
Previous names	Space Edge Lab
Products Services	CubeSat Bus/Platform Ground Station Network Orbital Data Relay IOD / IOV Payload Hosting Service
Constellations	VDES (AIS 2.0) IoT / M2M Constellation-As-A-Service Hosted Payloads Orbital Data Relay Moon PNT (Positioning; Navigation; Timing) An Earth-to-moon communication system and a multi-functional smallsat constellation. Status: Prototype development, Prototype(s) launched Constellation page at NewSpace Index
Location	Japan
Established	2018
Funding	$73M+
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Oneliner	We will realize a constellation of satellites for all missions including deep space exploration, and create a future in which anyone can do business with satellites.
Notes	Space BD to provide the smallsatellite deployment service from ISS for ArkEdge Space, 2021-01-22. Satellite Software Development Framework With Rust That Improves Developer Enablement, SmallSat 2023. ArkEdge Space Raises $51.7 Million (USD) in Series B, 2025-02-04. ArkEdge Space Raises JPY 8 Billion in Series B Funding to Become Leading Satellite System Integrator —Accelerating Satellite Mass Production and Business Expansion, 2025-02-04. ArkEdge Space Achieves Full Success in On-Orbit Demonstration of Space Components with Micro-satellite “AE1c”, 2025-06-11.
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Status	Active in nanosatellites

Subcontractor for launched nanosats	OPTIMAL-1 Clark sat-1 (Ambitious, CLARKSAT-1) ONGLAISAT (ONboard Globe-Looking And Imaging Satellite, NSPO-01) YODAKA (AE1b, TANKA) AE1C (AE-1c) AE1D AE2a AE3Va AE5Ra AE5Rb AE5Rc
Subcontractor for to be launched nanosats	AETS-1 AE1a AE4La
Own nanosats launched	OPTIMAL-1 ONGLAISAT (ONboard Globe-Looking And Imaging Satellite, NSPO-01) YODAKA (AE1b, TANKA) AE1C (AE-1c) AE1D AE2a AE3Va AE5Ra AE5Rb AE5Rc
Own nanosats to be launched	AETS-1 AE1a AE4La

Last modified: 2026-01-06