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ispace inc., a Japanese lunar exploration company founded in 2010, builds lunar landers and rovers and leads ESA's first commercial lunar rover program.
9348ACTIVEJapanese lunar exploration company building lunar landers and rovers; leads ESA's first commercial lunar rover program.
Japanese lunar exploration company building lunar landers and rovers; leads ESA's first commercial lunar rover program.
Not ranked: Data in 1 pillar; at least 2 are needed to rank.
1 of 4 inputs measured · Insufficient data · 67% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Headcount, Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
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No private round on record before Apr 2023. IPO, offerings, debt and unconverted notes are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Its lunar missions in our catalogue of every Moon mission since 1958, with dates, outcomes and sources:
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Compiled Oct 10, 2026 from 3 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from. Facts only: nothing here is a rating, a forecast or a recommendation.
Open roles
65 open roles
90 days ago: before our daily count began (Aug 13, 2026)
Roles on the company's own jobs board, read by our daily sync. Listings posted or paid for on SpaceNexus are not counted. Earlier daily counts include every listed role.
Source: Company jobs board (Lever)
Counted Oct 10, 2026
Satellites owned or operated
0 in orbit of 2 launched
Latest: Resilience
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation code ISPACE. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Jan 15, 2025
Satellites built
2 payloads launched, 0 in orbit
Latest: Resilience
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation code ISPACE. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Jan 15, 2025
Airbus Defense and Space (D), Lampoldshausen
Built 2 of its satellites (latest Resilience)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Jan 15, 2025
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 10). ispace inc.: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 10, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/ispace-japan
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "ispace inc.: Company dossier." Data as of October 10, 2026. Accessed October 10, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/ispace-japan.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_ispaceinc_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{ispace inc.}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/ispace-japan}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/ispace-japan},
urldate = {2026-10-10},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-10; each fact links its primary source}
}