Sceye and SoftBank Corp. Sign Agreement for Fleet of Stratospheric Platforms Targeting Nationwide Coverage in Japan

What happened: Sceye signed a five-year Master Services Agreement with SoftBank Corp. to manufacture, launch, and operate a fleet of its High Altitude Platform Systems over Japan, aiming for nationwide coverage. Key numbers: Five-year agreement. SoftBank Corp. trades as TOKYO:9434. Sceye's ST1 mission launched August 9, 2026 and ran 30 days. Why it matters: The agreement moves the partnership from flight demonstrations to full-scale stratospheric infrastructure, which Sceye and SoftBank describe as commercialization of HAPS and a key pillar of SoftBank's Ubiquitous Network strategy.

Sceye signed a five-year Master Services Agreement with SoftBank Corp. to manufacture, launch, and operate a fleet of its High Altitude Platform Systems over Japan, aiming for nationwide coverage.

The agreement moves the partnership from flight demonstrations to full-scale stratospheric infrastructure, which Sceye and SoftBank describe as commercialization of HAPS and a key pillar of SoftBank's Ubiquitous Network strategy.