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mu Space and ispace agreed to collaborate on development of the cislunar satellite market by coordinating transportation and deployment for lunar satellite payload customers while supplying satellite components.
ispace and mu Space expect the agreements to create new markets in Southeast Asia and globally for lunar satellite missions as building blocks of the cislunar economy.
ispace became the first lunar transportation service provider to successfully launch a lunar lander in December 2022.
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 Mission 2 will carry a micro rover designed by ispace’s Luxembourg office.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Orbit Fab plans to refuel ispace lunar landers as they travel through space to extend lunar and cislunar missions.
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, 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.
ispace's CEO and Founder, Takeshi Hakamada, emphasized the importance of creating a supply chain to utilize space resources on the Moon.
ispace plans parallel preparations for Missions 2 through 6 in 2024.