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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Landspace and iSpace are developing the first Chinese methalox rockets with the Landspace Zhuque-2 and iSpace Hyperbola-2 expected to debut in 2021 and 2022 respectively.
iSpace completed fault location diagnosis, fault simulation and prediction, test verification and assessment and improvement measures after 28 days of investigation and analysis following the Hyperbola-1 failure.
iSpace plans to conduct 100-kilometer vertical take-off and landing tests with the Hyperbola-2 first stage in 2022.
iSpace plans to strengthen management and technical capabilities, enhance quality awareness, and improve risk identification following the Hyperbola-1 failure.
iSpace raised $173,000,000 in Series B funding in 2020.
Private Chinese launch companies Galactic Energy, iSpace, OneSpace, Deep Blue Aerospace, and Landspace are planning launches 2021.
In January 2021 the commercial company iSpace failed to reach orbit with a second launch of its Hyperbola-1 solid rocket.
iSpace launched a Hyperbola-1 rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center that ended in apparent failure shortly after liftoff.
iSpace became the first nominally private Chinese launch company to achieve orbit with its first Hyperbola-1 rocket 18 months before the failed launch.
iSpace raised $173,000,000 in Series B funding for its Hyperbola rocket series.
iSpace is developing a test stage of its Hyperbola-2 methalox launcher for successive hop tests to altitudes of meters, one kilometer, and 100 km in 2021.
iSpace plans to conduct hop tests for Hyperbola-2’s reusable first stage in 2021, starting at meter-level hops and progressing to one-kilometer and 100-kilometer vertical launch and landing tests.
iSpace is developing Hyperbola-2, a 28-meter-tall, 3.35-meter-diameter liquid oxygen–methane launcher.
iSpace raised $173,000,000 in a series B funding round last year to back development of a new series of launch vehicles and reusable methalox engines.
Beijing-based iSpace plans to carry out hop tests with a test version of a first stage of its Hyperbola-2 methalox rocket during 2021.
ispace is part of a team led by Draper that was selected by NASA to compete in the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Program.
ispace plans to use the funds raised in December 2020 to make up-front development investments for its lunar lander for Mission 2 scheduled to launch in 2023.
ispace’s cumulative funding includes approximately $33,100,000 (USD) in its Series B round, including the 2020-12-29 extension round.
ispace’s cumulative funding includes approximately $94,500,000 (USD) from its Series A round.
ispace raised approximately $4,800,000 (USD) from SMBC Nikko Securities Co., Ltd. as part of an extension round of its Series B funding on 2020-12-29.