https://spacewatch.global/tag/ispace-europe-2/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 04 Jun 2025 09:45:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/ispace-europe-2/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/06/ispace-europe-and-esa-sign-agreement-for-phase-1-of-magpie-lunar-mission/ Wed, 04 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=65619 ispace-EUROPE has signed an extension to its Pre-Phase A contract with ESA, further funding the Mission for Advanced Geophysics and Polar Ice Exploration (MAGPIE). The agreement comes in the context of the Small Missions for Exploration initiative by ESA that called for innovative and short-term mission ideas for lunar exploration. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/05/ispace-to-transport-unesco-and-barrelhand-memory-disc-payload-to-the-moon/ Mon, 26 May 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=65475 ispace-EUROPE and Barrelhand have signed a Payload Service Agreement to transport a memory disc (Memory Disc V3) to the moon as part of Team Draper Commercial Mission 1, also known as ispace’s Mission 3.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/01/ispace-europe-and-asi-sign-lunar-payload-services-agreement/ Mon, 20 Jan 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=63501 ispace-EUROPE and the Italian Space Agency have signed a lunar payload services agreement to transport a Laser Retroreflector Array (LaRA2) to the moon, for accurate lunar position measurements via laser ranging experiments. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/01/ispace-europe-secures-mission-authorization-under-luxembourgs-space-resources-law/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=63341 ispace-EUROPE S.A. has obtained a mission authorization to operate the TENACIOUS Micro Rover during the upcoming ispace, inc. (ispace), Mission 2. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/12/ispace-europe-and-asi-to-transport-retroreflector-array-to-the-moon/ Mon, 30 Dec 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=63187 ispace-EUROPE and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) 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 agreement marks the first full-scale contract between ispace-EUROPE and ASI, with both organizations looking to joint future lunar development.]]>