International Teaming Agreement
Signed to Accelerate Commercial Space Growth
Two specialist space-sector firms
from opposite sides of the globe have signed a Teaming
Agreement and are officially kicking off a collaborative
relationship focusing on business development for the
space industry.
Tokyo-based Space BD and Florida’s
TerraMetric share a common vision of “making space an
accessible market to any industry or company” and are
committed to achieving results from launch to low Earth
orbit, with a further focus on lunar and deep space
exploration.
Technical skills, legislative
knowledge, funding and time management are all critical
factors in successfully accomplishing any space mission.
However, guidance on how to effectively bring these
factors together and thrive in the competitive global
‘NewSpace’ market is equally important — especially for
those who are new to the space sector. Space BD and
TerraMetric not only offer this guidance, but also work
alongside key partners to achieve their goals, sharing
every step on the path to success.
This Teaming Agreement reinforces
the capabilities of both organizations, allowing them to
push forward together. Space BD’s experience and market
connections in Asia-Pacific and their partnership with
the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA),
strengthens TerraMetric’s reach into the Eastern
hemisphere, while TerraMetric’s expertise and network
throughout North America as well as other regions, will
provide Space BD with increased global coverage.
The mutual extension of
capabilities for both companies will offer clients more
choice from a wider range of options. Today, TerraMetric
and Space BD already collaborate to provide in-orbit
demonstration service using stable condition on the
external platform of International Space Station through
their respective existing partnerships. As on orbiting
testimony to the achievements of international
cooperation, the International Space Station is a
fitting first step for this new international
partnership.
TerraMetric is a global space
business development firm with proven expertise up and
down the integrated space exploration value chain,
helping small- to medium-sized NewSpace businesses
worldwide break into new markets and achieve their
vision. TerraMetric works in concert with clients to
provide market intelligence, secure large contracts, and
connect with partners and customers.
“We at TerraMetric are delighted to
announce our teaming agreement with Space BD,” commented
TerraMetric CEO and Founder Clint Graumann. “Space BD
and TerraMetric have a common business culture driven by
a shared passion for space. With Space BD’s upstream
focus and TerraMetric’s detailed knowledge of downstream
applications, together we can offer customers greater
choice from a wide-reaching, comprehensive range of
space business connections and expertise.”
Space BD is the leading satellite
launch and ISS utilization service provider based in
Japan, and is expanding its services to support
component import and export, test facilities
installation, capacity building program, and strategic
research project from business development perspective.
“We are pleased
to start our partnership with TerraMetric,” said Space
BD Co-Founder and CEO Masa Nagasaki. “Since our initial
discussion, we have been sharing common values and
vision to expand space industry through providing
optimum solution to everyone who wants to utilise space. We
look forward to accelerating commercialization of Low
Earth Orbit as well as development of deep space
exploration including lunar missions with TerraMetric as
US-Japan strategic private partnership.”
By combining their expertise and
using space as enabler for various industries,
TerraMetric and Space BD will work together to
accelerate space business development and make space a
sustainably growing industry.
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