Foundation: 2010
Headquarters: Minato Ward, Tokyo
Founder & CEO: Takeshi Hakamada
Executive Summary: ispace is a lunar exploration company with a vision to extend human presence into outer space, believing that by 2040, the Moon can support a population of 1,000 to 10,000 people. The company aims to create a sustainable Earth and Moon ecosystem while also promoting marketing support for space content industries, surveying and selling data from the Moon’s surface, providing high-frequency lunar transport, developing payloads for lunar orbiting and landing, and engaging in research and development for space resources. ispace is currently focused on achieving the world’s first commercial lunar exploration program. The company’s annual income is currently undisclosed.