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’s Mission 2 is now planned for launch no earlier than January and will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9.
ispace is developing a Series 3 lunar lander in Japan with the aim of launching it in 2027.
Mission 3 debuts the APEX 1.0 lunar lander, is led by ispace-U.S., and is expected to launch in 2026.
Mission 2 features the RESILIENCE lunar lander and the TENACIOUS micro rover, is led by ispace Japan, and is scheduled for launch no earlier than January 2025.
ispace EUROPE developed Europe’s first lunar rover in part through a LuxIMPULSE grant managed by the Luxembourg Space Agency and implemented by the European Space Agency.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R MISSION 1, Amazonas-6, CRS-27, Bandwagon-1, and 13 Starlink missions.
ispace-U.S. and Volta Space Technologies reached a strategic collaboration agreement on 2024-11-14 to develop a "Survive the Night" capability for lunar missions.
Mission 2 led by ispace-Japan is scheduled to launch no earlier than January 2025.
Mission 3, debuting the APEX 1.0 lunar lander, is led by ispace-U.S. and is expected to launch in 2026.
Mission 2 is led by ispace Japan and is scheduled for launch no earlier than January 2025.
SMBC joined ispace as a corporate partner in 2020 and has provided significant support for the HAKUTO-R program.
ispace, inc. reported net sales of 1,342,000,000 JPY for the second quarter of the fiscal year ending 2025-03-31.
ispace reported a year-over-year net sales increase of +77.8% for the second quarter when excluding a temporal increase of approximately ￥575 million associated with Mission 1 completion in the previous Q2.
Mission 2 is led by ispace Japan and is scheduled for launch no earlier than January 2025.
Mission 3 will debut the APEX 1.0 lunar lander, is led by ispace-U.S., and is expected to launch in 2026.
ispace’s vision "Expand the planet. Expand the future." is to develop the cislunar economy.
ispace signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and interim Payload Service Agreements (iPSAs) with seven space agencies, government agencies, and companies totaling $99,000,000.
Mission 2 is led by ispace Japan and is scheduled for launch no earlier than January 2025.
Mission 3, which will debut the APEX 1.0 lunar lander, is led by ispace-U.S. and is expected to launch in 2026.
Mission 3, debuting the APEX 1.0 lunar lander, is led by ispace-U.S. and is expected to launch in 2026.