Masahiko Senui, Senior Executive Officer, President of Defense & Space Systems Division, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (left), Naomi Kurahashi, Representative Director & CEO, Infostellar Inc. (right) Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Kei Uruma; hereinafter "Mitsubishi Electric") announced that it acquired all shares of Infostellar Inc. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director & CEO: Naomi Kurahashi; hereinafter "Infostellar"), a provider of cloud-based ground station services for satellite operators, on July 1, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. Through this acquisition, both companies aim to expand satellite operator ground station services, for which global demand is rapidly increasing, based on a strong partnership. In recent years, the space industry has seen the expansion of diverse services utilizing small satellite constellations (*). This has led to a rapid increase in the need for private companies to consistently build and provide the ground station networks essential for operating these services. Mitsubishi Electric has cultivated diverse expertise in both satellites and ground equipment through its participation in satellite and ground equipment projects both domestically and internationally. For ground equipment, the company possesses advanced antenna and satellite control technologies developed through the development and manufacturing of ground stations that communicate with, track, and control satellites, as well as optical and radio telescopes for astronomical observation. Meanwhile, Infostellar deploys GSaaS (Ground Segment as a Service) by virtually networking ground stations worldwide via its proprietary ground station platform service "StellarStationTM" for orbiting satellites, providing satellite operators with diverse communication opportunities as a unified service. Moving forward, by integrating Mitsubishi Electric's satellite and ground equipment development, manufacturi