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 U.S. is developing the APEX 1.0 lander for Mission 3 as a member of Team Draper for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
HAKUTO-R Mission 2 will carry a micro-rover developed by ispace EUROPE S.A. to the Moon.
ispace operates three bases in Japan, the United States, and Luxembourg.
ispace plans to launch HAKUTO-R Mission 2 in Q4 of 2024.
ispace is developing a second lunar lander scheduled to launch in 2024.
The terms of the SBIR grant require ispace to manufacture, assemble, launch, and operate the Series 3 lander by 2027.
Mission 2 is planned for launch in 2024, is led by ispace's Japanese office, and will use the optimized RESILIENCE lander to transport commercial payloads including a micro rover designed by ispace's Luxembourg office.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry selected ispace in October 2023 for the 'Development and Operational Demonstration of a Lunar Lander' SBIR program.
ispace received a notice of funding of $80,000,000 (12,000,000,000 JPY) on 2023-12-15 for the Japanese government's Small Business Innovation Research grant.
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’s Mission 3 is scheduled for launch in 2026 and is being led by ispace’s U.S. office.
ispace’s U.S. office is leading Mission 3, which is scheduled for launch in 2026.
ispace’s Headquarters office is leading Mission 2, which is scheduled for launch in 2024.
ispace’s Mission 2 is scheduled for launch in 2024 and is being led by ispace’s headquarters office in Japan.
A larger lander being designed by ispace technologies U.S. is expected to launch in 2026.
iSpace conducted a first hop test of the Hyperbola-2Y on 2023-11-02 that reached 178 m and returned to its landing spot.
HAKUTO-R Mission 2, a similar ispace lander built by ispace Japan, is scheduled to launch in 2024.
iSpace launched and landed a test article of its Hyperbola-2Y reusable verification stage from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on 2023-12-10 at 4:07 a.m. Eastern (1107 UTC).
ispace’s Mission 3 is scheduled for launch in 2026 and is led by ispace’s U.S. office.
iSpace plans to demonstrate recovering and reusing a first stage of Hyperbola-3 in 2026.