Yozo Hirano

Japanese - (SA)

Occasional Spaceflight

Date of Birth: Jan. 1, 1985
Age: 41

Born in Ehime Prefecture, Japan in 1985. Yozo joined ZOZO Co. Ltd shortly after graduating from university, in charge of management and casting director of the photography team. After leaving ZOZO, he started working as a producer and manager for Yusaku Maezawa’s private projects. Exact date of birth is unknown.

Spaceflight Record

Yozo Hirano flew on one previous launch(es).

Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-20

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 8, 2021, 7:38 a.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

Soyuz MS-20 will carry Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Misurkin as well as two tourists, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano, to the International Space Station.

Low Earth Orbit

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CEO: Eric C. Anderson

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Recent Launches

Falcon 9

Success

1 day, 17 hours ago

Cygnus CRS-2 NG-24 (S.S. Steven R. Nagel)

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

This is the 24th flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 23rd flight to the International Space Station under the Com…

Smart Dragon 3

Success

1 day, 17 hours ago

SatNet test satellite

South China Sea (launch location 3) - Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Officially described as "Satellite-Internet Technology Demonstration Satellite". Probable 1 (?) test satellite for the Chinese state-owned LEO commun…

Falcon 9

Success

2 days ago

Starlink Group 17-21

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Long March 6A

Success

4 days, 9 hours ago

SatNet LEO Group 21

Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

A batch of 5 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…

Long March 8

Success

5 days, 15 hours ago

SpaceSail Polar Group 07

Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with…