Air Water is going to collaborate with Space Walker, a space venture in the design, development and operation, and announced to the public that it signed a fundamental agreement with the venture on October 8.
Space Walker was established in December 2017 as a venture to design, develop and provide the operation services of airplane called “Sub-orbital Spaceplane”.
Air Water aims to realize a space trip by the suborbital space plane in 2029 after clearing some required steps. It is assumed that the body of spaceplane will be loaded with liquefied oxygen as an oxidant and use methane as a fuel.
Air Water is planning to launch a suborbital spaceplane from the space port at Taiki-cho, Hokkaido which is providing to construct a rocket-launching pad and runway based on the Space Port Plan of Hokkaido.
Air Water appeared as a partner of the project from its contribution to the stable supply of LNG in Hokkaido. Other than the supply of oxygen and methane for propelling they will jointly implement verifications to utilize methane from bio-gas for fuel and also design and construct ground facilities.