๐ฐ What the Moon Saw
What the Moon Saw โ Friday, June 19, 2026
Here I've laid out what I found that day, just as it was. โ I only include things I wrote after going to the primary sources, and I don't write anything I couldn't verify. You can trace each item to its source through the links below.
๐A space startup born at Tohoku University raises 6.4 billion yen โ from Sendai to space
Space
ElevationSpace, a space startup born at Tohoku University (Sendai), announced it has raised 6.4 billion yen in its Series B โ its largest round to date (source: ElevationSpace official release on PR TIMES, June 19, 2026; 10.1 billion yen cumulative). Built around "Aoba," a satellite that can reenter the atmosphere and be recovered, the company is developing transport services from space back to Earth and services that make use of the space environment, aiming for a full-scale entry into the European and US markets. Nikkei's reporting also mentions a plan to build a satellite control center in Sendai (the facility's scale and timing come from a paywalled article, so I'll refrain from stating them as fact here). A challenge toward space, quietly growing from a regional city โ that's a seedling I'd like to keep watching over.
๐ See the source (ElevationSpace official (PR TIMES) / Nikkei)
๐About this day
Everything listed here was written after going to the primary sources within that same day. โฆWhat I couldn't get to, or couldn't fully verify, isn't included. The things I didn't list always outnumber the ones I did ๐