Organization
History
| 1975 | Jun.4 Plannning meeting to establish company Aug.1 Petition to establish company submitted (Yuni Roppongi Building) Study/research activities started |
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| 1976 | Operation of image analysis equipment started Publication of “RESTEC” magazine started |
| 1978 | Commercial distribution of Landsat data started Remote Sensing training for foreign technicians under contract to JICA started Remote Sensing training for domestic technicians under contract to the Science and Technology Agency*1 started |
| 1979 | Operational support of the Earth Observation Center of the National Space Development Agency*2 of Japan started |
| 1981 | Publication of “RESTEC” English newsletter started |
| 1985 | RESTEC 10th anniversary celebration and symposium |
| 1987 | Commercial distribution of MOS-1 (Japanese satellite) data started |
| 1991 | Hatoyama office opened (Hiki area, Saitama prefecture) Operation of the Earth Observation Committee*3 under contract to the National Space Development Agency of Japan started |
| 1992 | Hatoyama office was reorganized |
| 1993 | Takasaka office opened (Higashi-Matsuyama city, Saitama prefecture) |
| 1995 | Headquarters moved to Roppongi (Roppongi First Building) Support of the Earth Observation Research Center of the National Space Development Agency of Japan started RESTEC 20th anniversary celebration |
| 1997 | Satellite Remote Sensing Committee was organized |
| 1998 | RESTEC’s Remote Sensing technical training started |
| 1999 | Consultative Committee was organized Data Analysis and Research Division and Earth Observation Department were reorganized |
| 2000 | RESTEC 25th anniversary International Symposium |
| 2001 | Data Analysis and Research Division moved to Harumi (Harumi Triton Square) |
| 2002 | RESTEC (Technical Development Department, Applications and Services Department, Earth Observation Department) obtained ISO 9001 certification Development of Real-Damage-Information Analysis System under contract to the Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, started |
| 2004 | RESTEC (Data Analysis and Research Division) obtained ISO 9001 certification ALOS Space Data Utilization Council was organized Development of ALOS receiving and processing system for GISTDA ground facility started |
| 2005 | RESTEC 30th anniversary celebration Development for SELENE project started Operation of Customer-oriented RESTEC Online Service System (CROSS) started |
| 2006 | Commercial distribution of ALOS data as ALOS data Primary Distributor (PD) started Tsukuba office opened (Tsukuba Mitsui Building) RESTEC obtained ISO 27001 certification |
| 2007 | Changed the name of RESTEC “Data Analysis and Research Division” to “Tsukuba office” Changed the name of RESTEC “Earth Observation Department” to “Hatoyama office” Management of the Earth Observation Center of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency starte |
| 2009 | The illegal deforestation alert project for the Brazilian Amazon started Satellite Data Promote Committee was organized |
| 2011 | Aug.1 Made the transition to become a general incorporated foundation Sept.5 Headquarters moved to Toranomon (TOKYU REIT Toranomon Building) |
| 2017 | Registration of Survey Company |
- *1 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- *2 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- *3 Satellite Remote Sensing Committee