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 completed its D+ series funding round, raising 700 million Yuan on September 19.
iSpace has dropped its 2025 target for Hyperbola 3 development.
iSpace raised ¥700 million from Chengdu investors for the development of Hyperbola 3.
The joint exploration mission will integrate ispace's lunar transportation technology with Digantara's SSA technology to facilitate private lunar payload transport and data acquisition.
ispace has begun discussions with Digantara to conduct a joint lunar exploration mission focusing on space situational awareness (SSA) between Earth and the Moon.
インクルージョン・ジャパンはESG領域への投資に加え、ispaceやAstroX等、宇宙領域への出資を行っている。
ispace conducted extensive field testing of landing sensors in lunar-like environments at multiple locations around the world prior to RESILIENCE’s launch.
ispace utilized five of ESA’s Estrack network ground stations to command and receive telemetry from RESILIENCE throughout its mission.
ispace Japan has raised loans of $35 million and $70 million this year and $62 million and $45 million last year.
ispace Europe and five European institutional partners won an extended approximately €2.7 million ESA contract to collaborate on the MAGPIE mission.
ispace’s share of Draper Laboratory’s $77 million CLPS contract is approximately $55 million.
ispace Japan received an $80 million Japanese government grant that includes funding for launching a fourth lunar lander by 2027.
ispace Japan’s RESILIENCE crashed into the Moon during its landing attempt on June 6.
ispace US will provide ground communications and relay services for the planned CLPS mission.
ispace received a $22 million insurance payout for its first crashed Moon mission from Mitsui Sumitomo.
ispace Japan’s Chief Technology Officer Ryo Ujiie reported that RESILIENCE used a different laser rangefinder than on the first mission because the vendor had discontinued the earlier model.
ispace’s first lunar lander Hakuto-R crashed during its landing attempt about two years before RESILIENCE.
ispace Japan’s CFO Jumpei Nozaki indicated that the company has the funding necessary to attempt a third lunar landing.
ispace raised $53.5 million through a stock sale in March 2024, with $47 million of that intended for the Draper-led CLPS mission.
The 5-kilogram TENACIOUS micro-rover built by ispace Europe under an ESA contract with funding aid from the Luxembourg Space Agency was lost when RESILIENCE crashed.