ispace is a Japanese lunar exploration company that aims to provide low-cost and frequent transportation services to the Moon. They specialize in designing and building lunar landers and rovers for payload delivery and data collection. ispace has partnerships with organizations like JAXA and ESA, and their customers include government space agencies, research institutions, and private companies. The company's vision is to expand human presence beyond Earth by enabling the utilization of lunar resources.
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ispace has signed a memorandum of understanding with OrbitAID Aerospace to develop India's first orbital refueling technology for sustainable long-term lunar missions.
The partnership between ispace and OrbitAID seeks to demonstrate capabilities necessary for mission extensions in cislunar space and enable long-duration lunar exploration activities.
ispace and OrbitAID plan to advance research for deep space exploration beyond Earth's orbit.
ispace is developing the HAKUTO-R lunar exploration program.
ispace plans to transport its developed rovers to the Moon after Mission 3 and gather operational driving data.
ispace receives technical evaluation and quality improvement support for its small rover concept design from Toyota.
ispace offers data services through various data obtained from its developed landers and rovers during lunar landings.
ispace is receiving support from Toyota for optimal system design solutions for the next-generation small rovers.
ispace aims to enhance data collection capabilities through improvements in rover exploration performance.
iSpace completed tests of the Hyperbola-3 rocket.
Astrobotic Technology, Intuitive Machines, Firefly Aerospace, and ispace are currently engaged in lunar lander missions, all using small landers.
ispace's 'HAKUTO-R' mission 1 had a lander that carried a maximum payload of around 30 kg.
Three commercial companies, Firefly, ispace, and Astrolab, signed memorandums of understanding with the Open Lunar Foundation to share data with the Lunar Ledger.
The processing and refurbishment facility will support iSpace’s reusable rocket operations.
iSpace's Hyperbola-31, a two-stage partially reusable rocket, is planned to fly for the first time in the fourth quarter of the year.
iSpace's launch vehicle processing and refurbishment facility has completed construction and is located near the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site.
iSpace launched a drone ship for recovering Hyperbola-3 first-stage boosters two months earlier, with sea trials expected to be underway.
China’s commercial space sector has a five-way race to be the first to fly a reusable rocket, involving iSpace, Space Pioneer, LandSpace, Galactic Energy, and CAS Space.
The TASA scientific equipment is confirmed as the second payload on ispace’s Mission 4.
ispace is selected for Taiwan Space Agency's lunar mission payloads.