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'The Sea God Sees' was Rocket Lab's third mission for Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), an Earth-imaging company from Japan. 'The Sea God Sees’ launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand on May 17, 2025. The mission deployed a single synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging satellite called QPS-SAR-10 (nicknamed “WADATSUMI-I” for the Japanese god of the sea) to a 575km circular Earth orbit, from where the satellite will join the rest of the iQPS constellation in providing high resolution images and Earth monitoring services globally. The mission was the third overall Electron launch for iQPS and the second in a line-up of eight dedicated missions across 2025 and 2026 to deploy iQPS’s constellation.    About iQPS  Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), is a pioneering space startup founded in 2005 by two Emeritus Professors from Kyushu University and a rocket developer with the mission of establishing a space indust...

  Innovative Payload Planned for a Future ispace Lunar Mission TOKYO – April 22, 2025 – ispace, inc. (ispace) (TOKYO: 9348), a global lunar exploration company, and entX Limited, an Australian nuclear engineering and technology developer company, have reached an agreement to transport and test an innovative Radioisotope Heating Unit (RHU) on the lunar surface as part of a future ispace mission. The technology demonstration will be funded in part by a $200,000 AUD grant from the Space Cooperation and Innovation Fund supported by the State of South Australia. entX and ispace signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in January to develop a shared understanding for a technology demonstration of entX’s RHU on the Moon surface and its possible integration to the lander. The joint study plans to evaluate technical feasibility, focusing on thermal requirements, packaging, and system compatibility to enable extended mission durations, including survival through the lunar nig...

Astroscale is collaborating with BAE Systems to advance the transition to a circular space economy and support the UK’s ambitions for In-Orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing – the fastest growing segment of the space industry.   The organisations recently completed a six-month feasibility study to develop an In-orbit Refurbishment and Upgrading Service, building on Astroscale’s existing servicer technology to enable the upgrade of a BAE Systems satellite.   The consortium’s long-term objective is an In-Orbit Demonstration mission by 2030.    Harwell, Oxford, UK, Mar. 05 , 2025 – Astroscale Limited (“Astroscale UK”), the UK subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”), the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability, has today announced the successful completion of a study aimed at developing capabilities to refurbish and upgrade satellites for commercial use.    As part of the European Space Agency’s...

TOKYO – ispace, inc. (ispace) (TOKYO: 9348), a global lunar exploration company, announced that the RESILIENCE lunar lander successfully completed a flyby of the Moon on Feb. 15, 2025, reaching its closest point at 22:43 UTC, Feb. 14, 2025. The RESILIENCE lander came within approximately 8,400 kilometers of the Moon’s surface on its flyby, a historic first of its type for a Japanese private, commercial lunar lander. RESILIENCE is now on a trajectory out to deep space before completing orbital maneuvers that will bring it back towards the Moon in advance of lunar orbit insertion. The date and time of the insertion maneuver have yet to be determined but are expected around early May. An image of the Moon taken on Feb. 15, 2025, by ispace’s RESILIENCE lunar lander at an altitude of 14,439 km.   Previously, RESILIENCE completed an orbital maneuver at 19:40:18 UTC, Jan. 16, 2025, at 250,000 kilometers from Earth, setting the lander on a course towards the Moon in order to co...

ispace-EUROPE and the Italian Space Agency Sign Payload Services Agreement to Transport a Laser Retroreflector Array onto the Moon Surface Agreement Marks Significant Step Towards Increasing Italy’s Contribution to advancing Lunar Exploration LUXEMBOURG – January, 2025 – ispace EUROPE S.A. (ispace-EUROPE), the Luxembourg-based subsidiary of ispace, inc., and the Italian Space Agency (ASI Agenzia Spaziale Italiana) have signed a payload services agreement to transport a Laser Retroreflector Array (LaRA2) to enable accurate position measurements on the Moon via laser ranging experiments, the two organizations announced today. The agreement marks the first full-scale contract between ispace-EUROPE and ASI, with both organizations looking to joint future lunar development. LaRA2 is a small, robust, and lightweight instrument built to work without any power source and to survive the harsh surface conditions on the Moon f...