Borre Pedersen, KSAT Earth observation sales director, (left) and Yasunori Yamazaki, Liberatech co-founder, CEO and chief marketing officer, forged a strategic-collaboration agreement. Credit: Liberatech

SAN FRANCISCO – While working in finance years ago, Yasunori Yamazaki traveled to mines to conduct due diligence. Later, as Axelspace chief business officer and Astroscale head of brand management, he considered how satellites could simplify the task.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...