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iSpace completed development of all the engines for its four-stage Hyperbola-1 launch vehicle and performed successful tests of attitude control engines in early 2019.
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company will work with ispace to develop a lunar insurance service intended to mitigate the risks associated with missions to the moon.
ispace has an agreement with NGK Spark Plug to test solid-state battery technology on its Hakuto-R lunar lander mission scheduled for 2021.
Japan Airlines Corporation has invested in ispace and will provide a facility near Narita International Airport for the assembly, integration, and testing of the HAKUTO-R spacecraft.
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. and ispace, inc. will cooperate to develop a lunar insurance service.
ispace, inc. raised nearly $95,000,000 in Series A funding.
ispace raised nearly $95,000,000 in Series A funding.
NGK SPARK PLUG and ispace agreed to transport a trial design of NGK SPARK PLUG’s solid-state battery technology to the Moon in 2021.
ispace raised nearly $95,000,000 in Series A funding.
ispace has over 85 staff from 13 different countries and operates in Japan (headquarters), Luxembourg, and the United States.
ispace raised $90,200,000 in its Series A funding round and later raised an additional $1,800,000, totaling approximately $94,500,000 based on the February $2,018/JPY exchange rate.
In September iSpace advertised 80 kg of payload capacity remaining for a Hyperbola-1 launch that was stated to take place in April from Jiuquan.
iSpace planned to launch three launch vehicles in 2019, with the first Hyperbola-1 orbital-series flight scheduled for the first half of 2019.
Draper’s CLPS team includes ispace, a Japanese startup that raised more than $90,000,000 in 2017 to fund an orbiter planned for 2020 and a lander with a rover planned for 2021.
As part of Team Draper, ispace is eligible to bid for contracts totaling US$2,600,000,000 over 10 years to support NASA lunar activities.
Foreign companies can participate in NASA’s CLPS program by partnering with U.S.-led teams, as demonstrated by Japan’s ispace partnering with Draper.
Ispace raised more than $90,000,000 from Japanese investors in December of the previous year.
ispace raised nearly $100,000,000 in Series A funding to support its first two lunar missions planned for 2020 and 2021.
ispace is a Tokyo-based company developing its own lunar landers and planned in September to launch its first two missions in 2020 and 2021 as secondary payloads on Falcon 9 missions.
ispace has over 85 staff across 13 countries and operates three global offices in Japan, Europe, and the NASA Ames Research Park in the United States.