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The Payload Service Agreement is the largest contract ever between ispace and a private company.

The HALO mission includes deploying NASA's MSOLO mass spectrometer on a small lunar lander during ispace's third mission.

Under the agreement, ispace-EUROPE will integrate NASA's Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSOLO) instrument into its upcoming Mission 3 lunar micro-rover platform.

On October 2, 2025, ispace completed environmental testing using the Structure and Thermal Model (STM) of its Series 3 lander, which is being developed with the support of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's SBIR subsidy.

There were almost no major issues found in the environmental tests, and ispace is considering both increasing reliability and reducing weight simultaneously.

ispace aims to complete the flight model after continuing development.

ispace completed the basic structural design and thermal design verification of the thermal structure model for its Series 3 lander on October 2.

ispace is developing the Series 3 lander as part of a project funded by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's SBIR program, with a budget of 12 billion yen.

ispace's Series 3 Lunar Lander recently completed Thermal Vacuum testing at JAXA facilities in Tsukuba, Japan.

ispace is currently considering which rockets will launch the lander domestically and internationally for its Mission 4 in 2028.

From April 2025, ispace conducted vibration tests, acoustic tests, and thermal vacuum tests on the thermal structure model at the JAXA Tsukuba Space Center's environmental testing facilities.

ispace signed a Letter of Intent with Italian company Telespazio to evaluate the potential use of the Orbital Transfer Vehicle for future lunar exploration.

ispace and Telespazio will explore the possibility of providing services to transport the Moonlight satellite constellation to lunar orbit using the OTV derived from ispace's lander development technology.

The collaboration will be conducted through ispace's European subsidiary, ispace EUROPE.

Both Telespazio and ispace will assess commercial models and synergies to accelerate the development and adoption of lunar communications infrastructure.

ispace has demonstrated reliable access to lunar orbit through its 2023 and 2025 missions.

ispace signed a Letter of Intent on September 30, 2025, with Telespazio to assess the utilization of its Orbital Transfer Vehicle for future lunar exploration missions.

The agreement between Telespazio and ispace includes potential future services in connectivity, navigation, and lunar data utilization.

iSpace reported a mass-to-orbit of 0 kg with a known percentage of 0%.

Telespazio and ispace will explore the feasibility of using ispace's transport technology to deliver Moonlight satellites into lunar orbit.