ispace Mission 2.5
Mission Outline
ispace U.S.’s Mission 2.5 will deliver the Alpine relay satellite into lunar orbit. The satellite will be ispace’s first orbital asset, offering the ability to relay data from the lunar surface, including the Moon’s far side, greatly enhancing the range of lunar surface missions.
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Alpine satellite
Summary:
Alpine is equipped with bi-directional S-band command, telemetry links, and a high-speed Ka-band lunar proximity uplink and X-band downlink to Earth for low-latency real-time communications. After the primary surface mission, Alpine naturally circularize into High Circular Polar Orbits (HCPO). These orbits provide near-global coverage of the lunar surface with a focus region over the poles. For each lunar day cycle, the relays provide simultaneous visibility of Earth and lunar South Pole regions.
The Alpine Relay Satellite offers enhanced communication range, enabling missions and payload operations in lunar regions without line-of-sight to Earth.
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and our lunar quest.
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We view the Moon as an opportunity. It is an opportunity to expand human existence into space and we believe the Moon is a stepping-stone to Mars and deeper space exploration. It is our first step to establishing human existence beyond the confines of Earth.
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We are a global company with entities in Japan, the United States and Luxembourg, ready to serve customers in each market.
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ispace is a lunar transportation company with a vision to expand human presence beyond the Earth. We are building lunar landers to transport customer payloads to lunar orbit and the surface. In addition, we design lunar rovers to explore the Moon. Our goal is to deliver and develop the infrastructure necessary to support human life on the Moon.
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Yes, ispace is publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Growth Market. In October 2024, ispace was selected for the TSE Growth Market Core Index.