Weak signal · 15 July 2026, 04:48 UTC
Japan's "OPTI-K-V"/"OPTI-KANSEN" constellation concepts
As the brief logged it
ITU filing update (dated 2026-04-30) confirms the realistic target is ~600 satellites (half the original ~1,224/1,737 three-simultaneous-filing total), structured as a commercial+government two-tier system; a smaller companion "OPTI-KANSEN" (~100 sats) concept exists alongside it. Toyo Keizai's original exclusive is dated 2026-07-02 (Ayano Akiyama byline) — still past the 7-day window, logged as [STALE-CONTEXT] with fuller detail than the paywall-blocked version carried 07-14.
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