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SpaceX is targeting a shared Falcon 9 launch on January 15 for the ispace Japan and Firefly Aerospace Moon lander duo.
ispace included a table listing specific actions or criteria to be met for each of its mission milestones.
The Falcon 9 will also carry HAKUTO-R M2, or Resilience, the second lunar lander by Japanese company ispace.
iSpace (Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Technology Ltd.) plans to launch the 69-meter-long kerolox Hyperbola-3 in 2025 with a recovered payload capacity of 8,500 kg to LEO and eventual plans for reusability.
ispace, inc. and the Taiwan Space Agency signed a memorandum of understanding to enter into dialogues for a potential strategic collaboration on lunar exploration on 2024-12-19.
ispace was part of a delegation that hosted the Taiwan Space Agency during a visit to Japan leading to the memorandum of understanding.
ispace’s Mission 2 features the RESILIENCE lunar lander and the TENACIOUS micro rover and is led by ispace Japan with a launch scheduled no earlier than mid-January 2025.
ispace’s Mission 6 will utilize the Series 3 lander currently being designed in Japan and is scheduled to launch by 2027.
ispace’s Mission 3 debuts the APEX 1.0 lunar lander, is led by ispace-U.S., and is expected to launch in 2026.
ispace operates three business units in Japan, the United States, and Luxembourg.
The signing ceremony for the memorandum of understanding between ispace and the Taiwan Space Agency took place at the 2024 Taiwan International Assembly of Space Science, Technology, and Industry (TASTI).
ispace obtained Lunar Insurance for Mission 2 from Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited.
TENACIOUS will be operated by ispace-EUROPE once deployed on the lunar surface and will undertake ventures including delivering the MoonHouse payload to the lunar surface.
Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander will separate first from the Falcon 9, after which the Falcon 9 upper stage will perform another burn and then ispace’s Resilience lander will be deployed.
ispace released its SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon Mission 2 Milestones & Ventures on 2024-12-18 and opened a six-day launch window mid-2025-01-01.
Mission 3 will debut the APEX 1.0 lunar lander, will be led by ispace-U.S., and is expected to launch in 2026.
ispace Mission 2 will launch to the Moon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket alongside Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 during a six-day window that opens no earlier than mid-January 2025.
Under a separate NASA contract awarded to ispace EUROPE S.A., ispace EU will acquire lunar material via the TENACIOUS micro rover.
The Cabinet Office of Japan provided the license for ispace’s planned Mission 2.
ispace will complete a contract awarded by NASA in December 2020 to acquire lunar regolith from the lunar surface and transfer ownership to NASA.