https://spacewatch.global/tag/japanese-national-defence-programme-guidelines/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 16 May 2019 05:00:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/japanese-national-defence-programme-guidelines/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/japanese-military-space-mod-to-allocate-100-personnel-for-space-domain-mission-unit-by-fy2022-seeks-replacement-for-lost-worldview-4/ Thu, 16 May 2019 05:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14131 Japan's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has revealed that it will assign 100 military personnel to its Space Domain Mission Unit that is expected to be stood up by Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 and will based at the Fuchu Air Base, operated by the Japanese Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF), west of Tokyo.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/future-space-wars-japan-to-create-military-ssa-unit-incorporate-ai-into-self-defence-forces/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 06:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11466 The Japanese government will establish a command centre within the Self-Defence Forces (SDF) to monitor space debris and traffic in Earth orbit as well as to carry out surveillance on foreign satellites as they orbit over Japanese territory.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/japan-to-put-space-situational-awareness-satellites-in-orbit-to-track-debris-and-threats/ Mon, 20 Aug 2018 05:00:23 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10004 As part of a whole-of-government effort, the Japanese government is considering building and launching space-based Space Situational Awareness (SSA) satellites to better monitor space debris and anti-satellite threats against Japanese satellites, according to a report in Japan News.]]>