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| Company type | Lunar robotic spacecraft |
|---|---|
| TYO: 9348 | |
| Industry | Commercial lunar lander and rover |
| Predecessor | White Label Space[1] |
| Founded | September 10, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan |
| Founder | Takeshi Hakamada |
| Headquarters | Tokyo , Japan |
| Products | Robotic lunar landers and rovers |
Number of employees | 200[2] (August 2022) |
| Website | ispace-inc |
ispace Inc. is a publicly traded Japanese company developing robotic spacecraft and other technology to compete for both transportation and exploration mission contracts from space agencies and other private industries. ispace's mission is to enable its clients to discover, map, and use natural lunar resources.[3]
From 2013 to 2018, ispace was the owner and operator of the Hakuto team that competed in Google Lunar X Prize (GLXP).[4] The team developed a lunar rover named Sorato.
ispace is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with offices in the United States and Luxembourg.[5] The company's founder and CEO is Takeshi Hakamada.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Wired 2018was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "ispace Announces HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Launch Window for November 9 – 15, 2022". ispace. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "ispace – Expand our planet. Expand our future". Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "WLS Japan Office - Open For Business" (Press release). White Label Space. 9 September 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ Luxembourg and ispace, a Tokyo-Based Lunar Robotic ExplorationCompany, Sign MoU to Co-Operate within the Spaceresources.lu Initiative Business Wire Released by the Luxembourg Ministry of the Economy 2 March 2017