27.07.2026

Following Mitsubishi Corporation, DigitalBlast is the second company in Japan and Asia to reserve capacity aboard Starlab, advancing post-ISS space utilization.

DigitalBlast, Inc. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Shingo Horiguchi), a company that supports the growth of the space industry and the creation of new businesses, today announced that it has signed a Reservation Agreement for the use of the commercial space station “Starlab” with Starlab Space LLC (headquartered in Houston, Texas, U.S.), the developer and operator of Starlab, and recently held a signing ceremony.

Under this Reservation Agreement, DigitalBlast secures in advance a utilization allocation aboard Starlab — the next-generation commercial space station that will succeed the International Space Station (ISS), which is scheduled for retirement around 2030 — in order to provide services that leverage the space environment. 

The signing of a Starlab reservation agreement by a Japanese company follows that of Mitsubishi Corporation, announced in January 2026, making DigitalBlast the second such company in Japan and the Asia region. As interest in the commercial use of low Earth orbit (LEO) grows toward the post-ISS era, DigitalBlast will serve as a user-integration partner for R&D that puts the space environment to practical use, and will work to build itself into one of the gateways through which companies and research institutions in Japan and the wider Asia region can access orbit.

Quelle: APOC Wire