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ispace

JP
commercialFounded 2016
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ispace is partnered with U.S.-based Draper to offer lunar services to NASA through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

Mentioned as: ispaceTechnical ProductOct 20, 2019Japan to join Artemis program

iSpace performed the first successful orbital launch by a Chinese private firm in July 2019.

Mentioned as: ispaceNarrative GeneralOct 1, 2019New Chinese commercial rocket firms move toward maiden launches

ispace dropped plans for an initial orbital mission that was to launch in 2020 as a secondary payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9.

Mentioned as: ispaceNarrative PlanAug 22, 2019Commercial lunar lander companies update mission plans

ispace has 100 staff from 13 different countries and operates in Japan (HQ), the United States, and Europe.

Mentioned as: ispaceNarrative GeneralAug 22, 2019Suzuki Becomes Corporate Partner of ispace’s HAKUTO-R Program

ispace partnered with Citizen Watch Co. to provide special processing techniques for titanium components on the lander.

Mentioned as: ispaceOrg RelationshipAug 22, 2019Commercial lunar lander companies update mission plans

ispace raised nearly $95,000,000 (USD) in Series A funding, which the company described as the largest on record in Japan.

Mentioned as: ispaceTechnical ProductAug 22, 2019Mission Timeline Adjustment for the HAKUTO-R Program

ispace partnered with Suzuki Motor Corp. to provide structural analysis expertise for the Hakuto-R lander.

Mentioned as: ispaceOrg RelationshipAug 22, 2019Commercial lunar lander companies update mission plans

ispace will make its first mission the Hakuto-R lander scheduled to launch in 2021.

Mentioned as: ispaceNarrative PlanAug 22, 2019Commercial lunar lander companies update mission plans

ispace expanded to 100 staff across its three global offices in August 2019.

Mentioned as: ispaceTechnical ProductAug 22, 2019Mission Timeline Adjustment for the HAKUTO-R Program

ispace raised nearly $95,000,000 (USD) in Series A funding.

Mentioned as: ispaceTechnical ProductAug 22, 2019SHOGAKUKAN Becomes Media Partner of ispace’s HAKUTO-R Program

ispace adjusted its HAKUTO-R mission schedule to prioritize completing a successful soft-landing mission carrying customer payloads by 2021 instead of conducting an orbiter technology demonstration in 2020.

Mentioned as: ispaceNarrative GeneralAug 22, 2019Mission Timeline Adjustment for the HAKUTO-R Program

ispace raised nearly $95,000,000 (USD) in Series A funding.

Mentioned as: ispaceTechnical ProductAug 22, 2019Suzuki Becomes Corporate Partner of ispace’s HAKUTO-R Program

Both ispace lander missions in 2021 and 2023 are scheduled to launch as Falcon 9 secondary payloads.

Mentioned as: ispaceOrg RelationshipAug 22, 2019Commercial lunar lander companies update mission plans

ispace raised nearly $95,000,000 (USD) in Series A funding.

Mentioned as: ispaceTechnical ProductAug 22, 2019Citizen Watch Becomes Corporate Partner of ispace’s HAKUTO-R Program

HAKUTO-R includes ispace Mission 1, a planned soft lunar landing in 2021, and Mission 2, a planned lunar landing and rover deployment in 2023.

Mentioned as: ispaceNarrative GeneralAug 22, 2019Citizen Watch Becomes Corporate Partner of ispace’s HAKUTO-R Program

ispace has 100 staff from 13 different countries and operates in Japan (headquarters), the United States, and Europe.

Mentioned as: ispaceOrg RelationshipAug 22, 2019Citizen Watch Becomes Corporate Partner of ispace’s HAKUTO-R Program

iSpace achieved the first successful orbital launch by a Chinese private company the month before the 2019-08-17 Smart Dragon-1 flight.

Mentioned as: ispaceNarrative GeneralAug 19, 2019Chinese commercial rocket Smart Dragon-1 reaches orbit with first launch

Landspace, OneSpace, and iSpace have initially pursued and launched solid propellant launchers while Linkspace has concentrated on developing a reusable liquid propellant launcher.

Mentioned as: ispaceTechnical ProductAug 12, 2019Chinese Linkspace reaches 300 meters with launch and landing test

iSpace received over $100,000,000 in Series A funding from Matrix Partners China, CDH Investments, Baidu, and others prior to securing A++ series funding.

Mentioned as: ispaceNarrative FinancialJul 25, 2019Chinese iSpace achieves orbit with historic private sector launch

ispace Europe was selected by the European Space Agency to be part of the Science Team for PROSPECT.

Mentioned as: ispace EuropeOrg RelationshipJul 25, 2019ispace Selected by European Space Agency to Support Lunar Mission
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