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ispace Lunar Lander

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Organization: ispace
Specifications
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SpecificationValueSources
SlaOperational by 2027
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry Selects ispace, inc. for Innovation Grant
CapacityMinimum 100 kg payload to Moon surface
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry Selects ispace, inc. for Innovation Grant
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Other Info

Mission Type

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Lunar payload delivery to Moon surface

Sources

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Conflicts

None

Corroboration Count

2

Launch Vehicle

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“Under the grant terms, ispace is expected to design, manufacture, and assemble a lunar lander capable of transporting a minimum payload of 100 kg to the Moon’s surface and then launch and operate the lander by 2027.”

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry Selects ispace, inc. for Innovation GrantOct 20, 2023701539d9-fc30-4f2e-9ce4-690e0fa8f4a0

“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.”

Draper bids on NASA commercial lunar lander competitionOct 10, 2018038b64b7-f444-413f-9753-becfe7d3fca0
Mention Sources
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ispaceとElevationSpace、月面サンプルリターンの実現に向けて基本合意書を締結1 mention

Sep 26, 2025

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry Selects ispace, inc. for Innovation Grant1 mention
Service AreaMoon surface delivery
Draper bids on NASA commercial lunar lander competitionJapan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry Selects ispace, inc. for Innovation Grant

Value

Falcon 9 (planned as secondary payload)

Sources

038b64b7 F444 413f 9753 Becfe7d3fca0

Conflicts

None

Corroboration Count

1

Development Status

Value

In development - first missions planned for 2020-2021, operational by 2027

Sources

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Conflicts

None

Corroboration Count

2

Oct 20, 2023

Japanese lunar lander company ispace on schedule for 2021 first mission1 mention

Oct 24, 2019

Draper bids on NASA commercial lunar lander competition1 mention

Oct 10, 2018

Entity Mentions
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ispace is considering the development of an Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV) based on the technology from its current lander development.

Mentioned as: landerSource

The Draper-led team offers a lander based on ispace’s design that is assembled in the United States to comply with NASA domestic build requirements.

Mentioned as: LanderSourceOct 24, 2019

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.

Mentioned as: Lunar LanderSourceOct 10, 2018

Under the grant terms, ispace is expected to design, manufacture, and assemble a lunar lander capable of transporting a minimum payload of 100 kg to the Moon’s surface and then launch and operate the lander by 2027.

Mentioned as: lunar landerSourceOct 20, 2023