Intelligence Online reported in April that the Japanese government has agreed to provide SAR imagery from iQPS (TYO: 5595) to Ukraine for its war effort.…
iQPS revenue drops on faulty satellites; ups cost of replacements
iQPS (TYO: 5595) reported its latest quarterly financials for the quarter ending February 2025. Revenue was down, presumably due to the in-orbit issues experienced by…
iQPS negative business trend continues; revises business forecast downward and announces new stock to raise capital
iQPS (TYO: 5595), once the mighty darling of Japan’s new space industry, again announces negative news to shareholders. After two commercial SAR satellites failed in-orbit…
iQPS misses post-Trump space stock run; plagued by two 2024 on-orbit satellite failures
QPS-SAR-6 fell out of orbit on November 17th, spending just 17 months of its 5 year design life in orbit. QPS-SAR-6 suffered failure in July…
ImageSat International’s flagship EROS-C3 satellite experiences in orbit anomaly
ImageSat International’s (TLV: ISI) 30 cm ultra-sharp resolution EROS-C3 earth surveillance satellite suffered two anomalies in orbit. Built by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), EROS-C3 launched…
iQPS first quarter 2025 earnings show 45% quarter-on-quarter revenue decline
iQPS (TYO: 5595) posted first quarter 2025 earnings (for the fiscal quarter ending August 31, 2024) on Friday. Whereas iQPS reported record ¥631 million revenue the…
After two failed satellites, iQPS revises guidance upwards
iQPS posted a note updating financial forecasts for both the current 1H and full fiscal year. QPS-SAR-5 failing in orbit caused iQPS to record an extraordinary…
iQPS satellite QPS-SAR８working, for now
iQPS announced that QPS-SAR 8, which launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-11 on August 17th, is working. This is welcomed new, of course, since QPS-SAR 5 and…
A second iQPS satellite, QPS-SAR-5, fails in orbit
Once the golden child of the Japanese new space industry, the stock’s fall from grace has been quick. Another iQPS satellite malfunctioned in orbit. This…
iQPS satellite 6 thruster malfunctions, mission to terminate early
A thruster on iQPS satellite number 6 (QPS-SAR-6) reportedly malfunctioned. The satellite no longer can maintain orbit and iQPS forecasted early termination of mission in…