Tenchijin Inc. (CEO: SAKURABA Yasuhito; hereinafter, "Tenchijin"), sorano me inc. (CEO: KIDO Ayano; hereinafter, "sorano me"), the Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio University (Dean: Professor SHIRASAKA Seiko, hereinafter; "Keio SDM") and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (President: YAMAKAWA Hiroshi; hereinafter "JAXA") began conducting a co-creation activity in December 2023 for the Satellite Utilization Business Certification Program under the JAXA Space Innovation through Partnership and Co-creation (J-SPARC) initiative, to aid in the creation of space-related businesses based on innovative ideas.
The goal of this co-creation activity is to launch a certification test toward the development of satellite utilization businesses, with Tenchijin and sorano me developing learning materials and a certification test system to nurture individuals who are able to make effective use of satellite data; Keio SDM sharing its know-how about the design of education and research programs accumulated through the implementation of the Human Resource Development Program to Solve Social Problems with Space Systems; and JAXA offering the know-how to convert satellite data into commercial value, which the agency has amassed in co-creation activities conducted jointly with companies in the private sector under the J-SPARC initiative. As the first step to attain this goal, the four parties will conduct a pilot certification test (beta-version test) to receive feedback from numerous people and speed up the launch of the certification program.
