Orbital Lasers Invests in LogistLab, Forms Strategic Partnership to Strengthen Spaceborne Telescope Development and Manufacturing

September 1, 2026

Orbital Lasers Co., Ltd.  announced an equity investment in LogistLab Inc. (hereinafter “LogistLab”), a company specializing in the high-precision fabrication and metrology of large optical mirrors, to form a strategic partnership between the two companies.

Under the partnership, Orbital Lasers and LogistLab will work to establish a stable supply framework for large precision mirrors, core components of spaceborne telescopes, and pursue the joint development of next-generation high-performance telescopes. 

Spaceborne telescopes play an important role in both transmitting a laser beam toward a target and receiving faint reflections from it. Through this partnership, Orbital Lasers will strengthen its development and manufacturing framework for telescopes that support its core optical transmission and reception technologies, further enhancing its competitiveness in space optics.

Orbital Lasers is advancing three core technologies: optical transmission technology for space applications that delivers high-power laser beams while achieving a combination of compact size and high efficiency; optical reception technology for high-resolution, high-precision measurements; and satellite bus technology optimized for our mission payloads. By integrating these core technologies, Orbital Lasers is working to commercialize applications including high-precision topographic measurement using satellite LiDAR and a safe and efficient method for active removal of space debris using lasers.

For optical transmission, the laser beam must be directed at the target with both high intensity and high pointing accuracy. For optical reception, faint reflected light must be detected with high sensitivity and high resolution. Spaceborne telescopes are essential to both functions, and at the heart of these telescopes are large, high-precision mirrors with extremely accurate surface profiles.

LogistLab is an R&D venture originating from Kyoto University, built on technologies developed during the development of the 3.8-meter SEIMEI Telescope, the largest telescope in East Asia and Japan’s first segmented-mirror telescope. The company specializes in the high-precision grinding and polishing of large optical mirrors, the metrology supporting those processes, and the fabrication and measurement of large freeform optical surfaces.

Orbital Lasers and LogistLab have already collaborated on the development of large, high-precision mirrors for spaceborne telescopes through ongoing projects. As Orbital Lasers accelerates the development and commercialization of space optical systems, including satellite LiDAR, further improvements in mirror performance will be essential. It will also be critical to establish a reliable and competitive manufacturing and supply base capable of supporting future business growth.

Against this backdrop, the companies have formed a strategic partnership, backed by Orbital Lasers’ equity investment in LogistLab, to build a medium- to long-term relationship that extends beyond their existing business collaboration. The partnership will strengthen the development and manufacturing base needed to commercialize space optical systems.

Tadanori Fukushima, Representative Director and CEO, Orbital Lasers Co., Ltd: “To become a global leader in space optics, we need not only high-performance optical transmission and reception technologies, but also a strong development and manufacturing framework for the telescopes that support them. By combining LogistLab’s outstanding capabilities in the fabrication and metrology of large, high-precision mirrors with Orbital Lasers’ space optical technologies, we will accelerate the development of cutting-edge space optical systems.”

Keisuke Takahashi, Representative Director and CMO, LogistLab Inc: “We are very pleased to deepen our collaboration with Orbital Lasers and build a medium- to long-term partnership through this investment and strategic partnership. By combining our expertise in large, high-precision mirrors, developed through our work on the SEIMEI Telescope, with Orbital Lasers’ space optical technologies, we will help deliver higher-performance spaceborne telescopes and advance space optical technologies.”