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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The first-stage booster assigned to the mission previously launched SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R MISSION 1, Amazonas-6, CRS-27, Bandwagon-1, and 10 Starlink missions.
iSpace’s Hyperbola-3 is a methane-liquid oxygen rocket with a payload capacity of 8,500 kg to LEO and a first flight planned for 2025.
iSpace is developing the Hyperbola-3 methane-liquid oxygen launcher with a payload capacity of 8,500 kg to low Earth orbit and a first flight planned for 2025.
The payload services agreement between ispace-Europe and CDS is the result of a memorandum of understanding signed by ispace and CDS that was announced on 2024-03-01.
Takeshi Hakamada, chief executive of ispace, supports Japan’s joining the Artemis mission and believes it creates a positive business environment for ispace.
ispace raised capital through the 2024-03-28 stock sale and 2024-04-30 loan to maintain an equity buffer and improve the company’s financial health during large R&D expenditures.
ispace U.S. is developing the APEX 1.0 lander under a contract with Draper for a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services mission in 2026 designated M3 by ispace.
ispace is starting design of a Series 3 lander in Japan supported by a Japanese government grant that will launch on a mission designated M6 in 2027.
ispace’s M2 lander is nearing completion and is scheduled to launch on a Falcon 9 late 2024.
ispace borrowed 7,000,000,000 JPY from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation on 2024-04-30.
Insurance proceeds for the M1 lander reduced ispace’s reported net loss for the fiscal year ending March 2024.
ispace raised 8,100,000,000 JPY in a secondary stock sale on 2024-03-28 with most of the funding allocated to aspects of the M3 lander including its launch and two relay satellites for far-side lunar communications.
ispace, inc. released its consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ended 2024-03-31.
ispace expects net sales of 4,033,000,000 JPY for fiscal year 2024 (April 2024 to March 2025).
Operating loss for ispace for the fiscal year ended 2024-03-31 was △5,501,000,000 JPY.
iSpace’s Hyperbola-3 has a stated payload capacity of 8,500 kg to low Earth orbit and a first flight planned for 2025.
ispace plans to install the memory disk on the RESILIENCE lunar lander as part of ispace, inc.’s HAKUTO-R Mission 2 scheduled to launch in the winter of 2024.
Julien Lamamy is the CEO of ispace EUROPE S.A. and participated in the Information Meeting on Universal Acceptance at UNESCO Headquarters on 2024-05-06.
ispace technologies U.S., inc. (ispace-U.S.) launched a new data relay service enabled by two relay satellites that are expected to be deployed during ispace-U.S.’s Mission 3 scheduled in 2026.
ispace-U.S.’s APEX 1.0 lunar lander is designed and built in the U.S.