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 demonstrated reliable access to lunar orbit through its 2023 and 2025 missions.
The collaboration will be conducted through ispace's European subsidiary, ispace EUROPE.
ispace signed a Letter of Intent with Italian company Telespazio to evaluate the potential use of the Orbital Transfer Vehicle for future lunar exploration.
Both Telespazio and ispace will assess commercial models and synergies to accelerate the development and adoption of lunar communications infrastructure.
ispace and Telespazio will explore the possibility of providing services to transport the Moonlight satellite constellation to lunar orbit using the OTV derived from ispace's lander development technology.
ispace has demonstrated its technology to insert landers into lunar orbit during two lunar landing missions in 2023 and 2025.
Telespazio and ispace will explore the feasibility of using ispace's transport technology to deliver Moonlight satellites into lunar orbit.
ispace signed a Letter of Intent on September 30, 2025, with Telespazio to assess the utilization of its Orbital Transfer Vehicle for future lunar exploration missions.
The agreement between Telespazio and ispace includes potential future services in connectivity, navigation, and lunar data utilization.
This collaboration is facilitated through ispace-Europe, the European entity of ispace.
Takeshi Hakamada is the Founder and CEO of ispace inc.
ispace and Telespazio are collaborating to evaluate how ispace’s Orbital Transfer Vehicle can support the delivery of satellites for Europe’s MOONLIGHT programme.
Telespazio and ispace are exploring the possibility of using ispace's technologies to provide transportation services for the Moonlight satellites in lunar orbit.
ispace and Telespazio signed a Letter of Intent for the future use of an Orbital Transfer Vehicle to lunar orbit.
Julien Lamamy is the CEO of ispace-Europe.
Telespazio and ispace signed a letter of intent to begin a technical and commercial collaboration to support the growth of the lunar economy.
Ispace has demonstrated its capabilities to successfully reach lunar orbit through missions planned for 2023 and 2025.
ispace is promoting upcoming lunar Missions 3 and 4, which are planned to launch in 2027.