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 and mu Space agreed to collaborate on developing the cislunar satellite market by coordinating transportation and deployment for lunar satellite payload customers while supplying satellite components.
ispace became the first lunar transportation service provider to successfully launch a lunar lander in December 2022.
ispace Mission 2 is planned for launch in 2024, is led by ispace’s Japanese office, and will use the RESILIENCE lander to transport commercial payloads to the lunar surface.
ispace Mission 2 will carry a micro rover designed by ispace’s Luxembourg office.
ispace Mission 3 is planned for launch in 2026, is led by ispace’s U.S. office, and will utilize the APEX 1.0 lander.
ispace plans a new lunar landing attempt using similar hardware with upgraded software later in 2024.
iSpace’s Hyperbola-3 is a methane-liquid oxygen reusable launcher with a payload capacity of 8,500 kg to LEO and a first flight planned for 2025.
Tokyo-based private firm ispace attempted a lunar landing with HAKUTO-R M1 in April 2023 and lost the lander due to a software issue.
The first-stage booster supporting the Cape Canaveral mission previously launched SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R Mission 1, Hispasat Amazonas Nexus, CRS-27, and multiple Starlink missions.
The first stage booster supporting the SLC-40 mission has its 12th flight and previously launched SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R Mission 1, Hispasat Amazonas Nexus, CRS-27, and seven Starlink missions.
The first stage booster supporting the SLC-40 mission is making its 12th flight and previously launched SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R Mission 1, Hispasat Amazonas Nexus, CRS-27, and seven Starlink missions.
India succeeded with its Chandrayaan-3 lander last year, while Japanese company ispace failed with its HAKUTO-R M1 mission.
The ispace-Orbit Fab partnership will develop effective propellants and fuels from resources in space, including water, ice, and lunar regolith.
ispace expects to play a pivotal role in procuring propellants in space to power Orbit Fab’s fuel shuttles and depots on cislunar and lunar missions.
ispace's CEO and Founder, Takeshi Hakamada, emphasized the importance of creating a supply chain to utilize space resources on the Moon.
ispace, inc. and Orbit Fab, Inc. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on in-space propellant harvesting and delivery for future missions to the Moon.
Orbit Fab plans to refuel ispace lunar landers as they travel through space to extend lunar and cislunar missions.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry awarded ispace a Small Business Innovation Research grant worth approximately $80,000,000 (12,000,000,000 JPY) for development and operational demonstration of a lunar lander.
ispace plans parallel preparations for Missions 2 through 6 in 2024.
ispace achieved Success 1 through Success 8 of the Mission 1 Milestones for HAKUTO-R Mission 1.