#REDIRECT [[GX (rocket)#Galaxy Express Corporation]]
{{Short description|Japanese company}}
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{{nihongo|'''Galaxy Express Corporation'''|株式会社ギャラクシーエクスプレス|Kabushikigaisha Gyarakushīekusupuresu}} (GALEX) was a Japanese company which intended to develop the [[GX (rocket)|GX]] rocket.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.galaxy-express.co.jp/english/index-e.html|title=Galaxy Express Introduction |publisher=GALEX|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512140450/http://www.galaxy-express.co.jp/english/index-e.html|archive-date=2009-05-12|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>
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{{cite web |url=http://www.spacenews.com/civil/091120-japan-rocket-targeted-for-cancellation.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915094900/http://www.spacenews.com/civil/091120-japan-rocket-targeted-for-cancellation.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 15, 2012 |title=Japan's GX Rocket Targeted For Cancellation in 2010 |date=November 20, 2009 |publisher=Space News |access-date=November 25, 2009}}</ref>
GALEX was established on 27 March 2001.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Overview of GX launch services by GALEX|author1=Koji Sato|author2=Yoshirou Kondou |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576506001160|journal=Acta Astronautica|volume=59|date=July–September 2006|pages=381-391|access-date=May 7, 2023}}</ref> The Japanese government finally abandoned the GX program in December 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Japan's New GX Rocket Targeted for Cancellation in 2010|date=December 5, 2009|url=https://www.space.com/7633-japan-gx-rocket-targeted-cancellation-2010.html|website=space.com|access-date=May 7, 2023}}</ref> GALEX disbanded around March 2010.<ref name="istock">{{cite news|url=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3787500|title=IHI to liquidate GX rocket venture after govt pullout|publisher=iStock Analyst|date=2010-01-16|access-date=2011-10-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013041859/http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3787500|archive-date=2010-10-13}}</ref>
== Shareholders ==
As of November 2009, the shareholders of the company were:<!--As listed in company website. Possibly in order of shareholding ratio?--><ref name=prof>
{{cite web|url=http://www.galaxy-express.co.jp/english/company-e.html|title=Galaxy Express Company Profile |access-date=November 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421130914/http://www.galaxy-express.co.jp/english/company-e.html |archive-date=2009-04-21 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[IHI Corporation]] (IHI)
* IHI Aerospace Co., Ltd. (IA)
* [[Mitsubishi Corporation]] (MC)
* [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries]], Ltd. (KHI)
* [[Japan Aviation Electronics]] Industry, Limited (JAE)
* [[Fuji Heavy Industries]] Ltd. (FHI)
* Kokusai AeroMarine Co., Ltd. (KAM)
* [[NEC]] Corporation (NEC)
* [[Lockheed Martin]] Overseas Corporation (LMOC)
== References ==
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