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BREAKING: SpaceX’s Starship just got another lunar customer. Japan’s ispace will use SpaceX’s Starship for Moon cargo missions.
• ispace signed an agreement with SpaceX to secure 500 kg of payload capacity on Starship.
• First mission is targeted to launch as early as 2030 through ispace’s new Lunar Access Integration service.
• The service is designed to make it easier for companies, governments, and research organizations to send payloads to the Moon.
• Customers can fly payloads ranging from a few kilograms up to 500 kg on shared Starship missions.
“We are very pleased to be able to offer the new Lunar Access Integration service utilizing Starship’s payload space… High-capacity, relatively low-cost lunar transport… is essential to realizing the sustainable lunar economy that ispace aims to create.”
— ispace Founder & CEO Takeshi Hakamada
11:29 AM · July 8, 2026 · 169.6K views
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