Axelspace Holdings Corporation announced that it will change its management structure effective 1 November 2026 to improve satellite quality and reliability. The announced measures to strengthen the structure include the appointment of new executive officers.
The group indicated that it will further strengthen group-wide management functions and business execution systems to advance multiple satellite projects and support future business expansion, while investigating the cause of the GRUS-3 malfunction and working to prevent a recurrence. Through these measures, it aims to improve the quality and reliability of satellite development and establish a mass-production system.
Under the new management structure, Iwata Takayoshi (岩田隆敬), who has extensive experience in spacecraft development, will be appointed as an executive officer, while Representative Director Nakamura Tomoya (中村友哉) will oversee the satellite development and procurement and production divisions. The group also plans to appoint Matsunami Haruhiko (松波晴彦) as an executive officer to strengthen group-wide management functions.
Through these personnel changes, the group plans to improve the quality and reliability of satellite development, enhance production efficiency, establish a mass-production system and strengthen group-wide management functions.