Ispace Inc.

ispace Inc.
Company typeLunar robotic spacecraft
TYO: 9348
IndustryCommercial lunar lander and rover
PredecessorWhite Label Space[1]
FoundedSeptember 10, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-09-10) in Tokyo, Japan
FounderTakeshi Hakamada
Headquarters
Tokyo
,
Japan
ProductsRobotic lunar landers and rovers
Number of employees
200[2] (August 2022)
Websiteispace-inc.com

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.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wired 2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "ispace Announces HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Launch Window for November 9 – 15, 2022". ispace. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. ^ "ispace – Expand our planet. Expand our future". Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  4. ^ "WLS Japan Office - Open For Business" (Press release). White Label Space. 9 September 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  5. ^ 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