Canon enters space business with microsatellites

Data in every format is very important, whereas as Big Data from orbit will promised be a good business sense. Data gathered in space will be yet another tool in a company's arsenal, meaning that the age has come when inexpensive, small satellites play active roles.

CE-SAT-I was assembled by Canon Electronics, a Canon subsidiary making parts for digital cameras and other electronic products, under the initiative of Hisashi Sakamaki, President, who is keen to get into the space business. Canon who is the leader in imaging solution company ,it’s product is launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India, that will put microsatellites made by companies around the world into space, including its CE-SAT-I.

The CE-SAT-I will be put into orbit 500km from the ground, where it will conduct tests for two years to verify technologies that will be the foundation of the company's planned space business. Soon the earth will be orbited by constellations of microsatellites performing specific functions appealing to various industries.

Secondly, Canon Electronics will photograph the surface of the earth via satellite, analyze the pictures and sell them as value-added data to the corporate clients. Such data is called remote sensing, and it is seen overseas as a promising business. Company also aims to begin taking and plans to market services to potential clients while conducting operational tests of the satellite.

Going forward, Sakamaki is keeping his plan in place to launch 100 satellites in coming days and its potential is very much promising because various companies are already moving ahead with the ideas. CANON is planning to do in house production to maintain the cost "We want to make everything by ourselves, said " Sakamaki . Lastly, "We want to launch our second satellite, with an eye on developing products that can beat the competition from American and European rivals.

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