Both the 代地球観測センサ等の研究開発 (high-resolution hyperspectral EO sensor) and the 次世代型輸送ミッションインテグレーション基盤技術研究開発 (Pegasus-like air launch and SLBM R&D development) requests of the original August 31 平成２２年度概算要求 have been wiped from the Kantei’s website, and hence both these programs have been “wiped” from history.
Luckily I kept paper copies of the originals. But we can see that the incoming administration of the DPJ  is looking to slow up the  LPD’s actions in  space, as with everywhere else. But ASNARO is in the bag, and whether or not it succeeds in becoming a commercial success, it will be a valuable addition to Japan’s spysat capabilities.
The big lesson here is to keep paper copies. If I hadn’t actually had the physical evidence, it would have been so much harder not to question a person who said that a development budget for these two highly ambitious programs was not actually requested. It was, under the LDP era, but things changed with the DPJ getting in.

So what impact has the DPJ really had, and how much impact can it really have? The following months will tell with progress being made with the SHSP.