{"id":146384,"date":"2022-05-12T11:52:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T02:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=146384&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-05-12T12:09:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T03:09:29","slug":"qps-labs-to-launch-fifth-small-satellite-in-early-2023","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/qps-labs-to-launch-fifth-small-satellite-in-early-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"QPS Labs to Launch Fifth Small Satellite in Early 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QPS Research Institute (Fukuoka City), a Kyushu University-affiliated venture company, announced that it will launch its fifth small satellite in early 2023. The company has signed a contract with U.S.-based Virgin Orbit, which is engaged in the business of launching satellites from the air using aircraft. The rocket will be transported to an altitude where thunderclouds do not occur, so it can be launched on schedule without being affected by weather conditions. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQOJC108Y00Q2A510C2000000\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikkei<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-146372\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fnn_qps-small-satellite_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"QPS Labs to Launch Fifth Small Satellite in Early 2023\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fnn_qps-small-satellite_2022_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fnn_qps-small-satellite_2022_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fnn_qps-small-satellite_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fnn_qps-small-satellite_2022_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/prtimes.jp\/main\/html\/rd\/p\/000000023.000049970.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> PR Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English <\/b><b>regularly<\/b><b>.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. Opt out at any time and privacy is protected. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get the \u201cNow\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disclaimer: These are summaries of publicly posted news from other media. Errors might occur during translation, those are ours. Images are sourced separately and are for illustrative purposes only and credited appropriately. Use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to send feedback or ask for edits.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QPS Research Institute (Fukuoka City), a Kyushu University-affiliated venture company, announced that it will launch its fifth small satellite in early 2023. The company has signed a contract with U.S.-based&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":146377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-146384","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-technology","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/146384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}