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co-founder @satelyx, ex-Investment @ivcryptofund & @headline_asia. loves startups, tech and innovations.

Tokyo
Joined November 2011
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Hey X, back here with a big role change. I spent years working as a VC. Today (and for a while) I'm a co-founder of @SATELYX, a space startup, where I lead strategy, Japan and global partnerships. One thing investing taught me, and one I had to unlearn. 🧵
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Clement Chen | SATELYX retweeted
A phenomenal quarter for new launch bookings
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JAXA rehearsed Epsilon S launch day on Nov 10, aiming to fly by March 2027. Epsilon hasn't flown since its 2022 failure. JAXA targets launch within a year of contract. Flight 1 carries only a ~400 kg test sphere, so flight 2 is the earliest test of that. jaxa.jp/projects/files/youtu…
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スペースXが「スターシップ」第15回飛行試験を日本時間11月14日にも実施予定 初の宇宙船キャッチへ sorae.info/space/20261109-st… 今回は1段目と2段目の両方を発射台へ帰還させ、発射台のアームでキャッチ(空中回収)することに初めて挑みます
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宇宙で溶接して検査まで Space Quartersが2028年に「きぼう」船外で実証へ Space BDと契約 sorae.info/biz/20261109-spac… Space Quartersは2028年、宇宙用の電子ビーム溶接ユニットとX線透過検査ユニットを使い、軌道上で溶接と検査の実証を行う予定です
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JAXA told a Cabinet Office panel on Oct 16 that H3 met its original goals, but launches are too few to drive investment. It proposes linking H3 and private rockets via shared tech and suppliers. Those suppliers would draw volume from both fleets. www8.cao.go.jp/space/comitte…
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非常に気になるプレスリリースがでました! ーーー メガコンステレーション構想実現に向けた5社協業に関する覚書を締結 本覚書に基づき、5社は通信、観測、PNT※1(測位、航法、計時)、宇宙データセンターなど、メガコンステレーションによる多様なサービスの事業化を目指し、技術面・事業面から実現可能性を検討します。 ーーー mitsubishielectric.co.jp/ja/…
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11月10日(火)、イプシロンロケット7号機の打上げに向けたリハーサルを内之浦宇宙空間観測所で実施します。打上げ当日と同じ作業を行い、打上げ直前までの一連の手順等を確認します。 当日は9時半頃からロケットの姿が射点に見える予定です。 日程が変更となる場合は別途お知らせします。
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Clement Chen | SATELYX retweeted
Replying to @NASA
@NASA announced progress on the Space Reactor-1 Freedom nuclear power module containing a nuclear reactor being designed & developed at @INL. From Idaho to Mars – SR-1 Freedom is humanity's first fission-powered spacecraft to travel past Earth’s orbit. nasa.gov/centers-and-facilit…
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Clement Chen | SATELYX retweeted
JAXA just launched a website for the LUPEX / Chandrayaan-5 mission. humans-in-space.jaxa.jp/futu…
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JAXA's Sep 28 report: the Space Strategy Fund's 167 projects total about ¥500bn in support caps. The 22 capped at ¥5bn or more hold 64%. Stage gates can change budgets or stop projects, so the reviews of those 22 decide where most of the money goes. www8.cao.go.jp/space/comitte…
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Clement Chen | SATELYX retweeted
Today marks 26 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station. Since Expedition 1 arrived on November 2, 2000, there has always been someone living and working off-planet. What began as a bold engineering and political partnership has become a cornerstone of science, exploration, and global cooperation.
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本日2026年11月3日、soraeは開設20周年を迎えました ​2006年のスタートから、読者の皆さまと共に宇宙分野を歩んでこられたことに、心より感謝申し上げます ​これからも変わらず宇宙情報を届けていきますので 今後ともsoraeをよろしくお願いいたします
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Clement Chen | SATELYX retweeted
Amazon’s launch gamble reaches a turning point spacenews.com/amazons-launch…
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/ プレスリリース🚀 \ インターステラテクノロジズは2026年10月、国立研究開発法人宇宙航空研究開発機構(JAXA)が実施する宇宙戦略基金の技術開発テーマ「民間ロケット打上げ実証加速化(STAND)」(以下STAND)に採択されました​。 STANDは、事業化初期段階の複数回打上げを通じた開発・実証を支援することで、民間ロケットの成功実績を積み重ね、信頼性向上と競争力獲得の好循環を目指すものです。支援上限額は1社あたり120億円、事業期間は2031年3月まで(予定)となります。 🟧詳しくはこちらから istellartech.com/news/releas… #インターステラテクノロジズ #InterstellarTechnologies #RocketManufacturing #ZERO #LaunchFromJapan #SpaceInnovation #Newspace #Space #ManufacturedInJapan
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The point is what they mean to the customer. Does this change their life enough? Does the cost structure let you offer better pricing and still make a decent profit? My time in Antler Japan's cohort this year drove that home for me.
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@SATELYX builds standardized satellites: a "raspberry pi" for orbital development, offers shared in-orbit demonstration for space hardware/ software. I work between Tokyo and Taipei, looking forward to writing more here about going from investor to founder and building in Japan.
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