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The ispace flight model lander will be shipped from Germany to the United States for launch in the second half of 2022.
ispace assembled the STM in April 2021 at a Japan Airlines facility near Narita International Airport before subjecting it to vibration, acoustics, and thermal vacuum tests at a facility near Tokyo.
ispace raised approximately $33,100,000 (USD) in its Series B funding round.
The Mission 1 ispace lander payload manifest includes an AI flight computer by Mission Control Space Services that will collaborate with the Rashid rover.
ispace obtained approximately $17,900,000 (USD) in bank loans.
Assembly and integration of ispace Mission 1 payloads are scheduled to be completed by the end of 2021.
ispace engineers have been working at the Ariane Group facility in Lampoldshausen alongside Ariane Group personnel since early June 2021.
Private company iSpace experienced a Hyperbola-1 solid rocket failure in early February 2021 and a return-to-flight was expected in July 2021.
Chinese commercial companies planning launches in 2021 include Landspace, iSpace, Deep Blue Aerospace, Expace and CAS Space.
Other Chinese state-owned and commercial companies planning launches in 2021 include Landspace, iSpace, Deep Blue Aerospace, Expace, and CAS Space.
ispace has signed a HAKUTO-R corporate partnership with Takasago Thermal Engineering to develop water electrolysis equipment for lunar applications.
In 2016, ispace signed a memorandum of understanding with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to jointly create a roadmap for lunar resource development.
Takasago Thermal Engineering has developed an integrated water electrolysis and fuel cell unit and is considering conducting a mission to produce hydrogen and oxygen on the Moon using ispace’s upcoming lunar missions.
In 2019, ispace Europe was selected by the European Space Agency to be part of the Science Team for the PROSPECT program to extract water on the Moon.
ispace, inc. is a Japanese lunar exploration company with a stated vision to utilize lunar resources such as water to expand human presence into outer space and create a sustainable future for humankind.
In 2020, NASA awarded contracts to ispace and ispace Europe S.A. to acquire regolith from the lunar surface to be purchased by the space agency.
In 2017, ispace opened a subsidiary office in Luxembourg and signed a memorandum of understanding with the country for cooperation within the SpaceResources.lu initiative.
ispace has stated that utilizing resources on the Moon could enable the development of a cislunar economy and provide benefits on Earth while establishing a launch pad for deeper space access.
As of 2021-05-31, ispace’s total amount of bank loans reached $20,000,000 (USD) including an existing loan from Japan Finance and Dai-ichi Kangyo Credit Cooperative.
ispace plans to use the newly secured loans to make up-front development investments for a lunar lander to be used in Mission 2, which is scheduled to launch in 2023.