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iSpace could return to test launch the Hyperbola-2 reusable methalox launcher in 2023.
NASA procured a rideshare launch opportunity and launched Lunar Flashlight on a Falcon 9 on 2022-12-11, along with the Hakuto-R lunar lander from the Japanese company ispace.
HAKUTO-R Mission 2 and Mission 3 will contribute to NASA’s Artemis Program and will further improve the maturity of ispace’s technology and business model.
ispace will weigh and evaluate mission anomaly results against predefined criteria and incorporate those results into future missions planned between now and 2025.
ispace managed HAKUTO-R Mission 1 operations from its mission control center in Nihonbashi, Tokyo.
By completing the customer payload check outs, ispace achieved Success 3 of its Mission 1 milestones.
ispace plans Mission 2 and Mission 3 to contribute to NASA’s Artemis Program and to further improve the maturity of ispace’s technology and business model.
ispace completed all check outs of the customer payloads carried on board the HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander on 2022-12-16.
ispace completed the first orbital control maneuver for HAKUTO-R Mission 1 on 2022-12-15.
Mission 2 and Mission 3 of ispace will contribute to NASA’s Artemis Program and aim to improve the maturity of ispace’s technology and business model.
ispace established 10 milestones between launch and landing for HAKUTO-R Mission 1 and aims to achieve the success criteria for each milestone.
The ispace lander is planned to reach approximately 1.4 million kilometers from Earth around 2023-01-20, as the farthest point during Mission 1.
The ispace lander maintained a stable attitude and power supply while completing the first orbit control maneuver at 12:00 on 2022-12-15 Japan Standard Time.
Mission 2 and Mission 3 will contribute to NASA’s Artemis Program and aim to further improve ispace’s technology and business model.
Beijing-based iSpace is developing a methalox rocket called Hyperbola-2 and unveiled a first-stage test article at Jiuquan in preparation for hop tests.
ispace successfully acquired images taken by one of the Canadensys lunar imaging system cameras, a Mission 1 payload.
ispace successfully captured images and transmitted them to the HAKUTO-R Mission Control Center on 2022-12-14.
ispace has defined 10 milestones between launch and landing for Mission 1 and aims to achieve the success criteria established for each milestone.
ispace Mission 2 and Mission 3 will contribute to NASA’s Artemis Program and further improve ispace’s technology and business model.
Canadensys Aerospace Corporation provided an AI-enabled, operational lunar 360-degree imaging system with multiple cameras for ispace Mission 1.