{"id":2171,"date":"2026-01-12T14:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T14:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/ispace-announces-plans-to-establish-saudi-arabia-subsidiary-to-expand-lunar-exploration-partnerships\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T14:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T14:58:18","slug":"ispace-announces-plans-to-establish-saudi-arabia-subsidiary-to-expand-lunar-exploration-partnerships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/ispace-announces-plans-to-establish-saudi-arabia-subsidiary-to-expand-lunar-exploration-partnerships\/","title":{"rendered":"ispace Announces Plans to Establish Saudi Arabia Subsidiary to Expand Lunar Exploration Partnerships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/cover12326_639037922774009765.webp\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"ispace Announces Plans to Establish Saudi Arabia Subsidiary to Expand Lunar Exploration Partnerships\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/cover12326_639037922774009765.webp\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/cover12326_639037922774009765.webp\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>ispace, a global lunar exploration company with entities in Japan, Europe, and the United States, is proud to announce the initiation of establishing a new ispace subsidiary in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This establishment of ispace&nbsp;Saudi Arabia (entity name pending), ispace\u2019s fourth global entity alongside its entities in Tokyo, Luxembourg and Denver, reflects ispace\u2019s commitment to advancing partnerships and collaborations with both commercial and institutional partners in the Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;ispace has been granted an Investment Registration Certificate from the Saudi Ministry of Investment (MISA) and is progressing commercial registration to achieve final incorporation of its Saudi entity with the Ministry of Commerce. As Saudi Arabia accelerates their investment in space technologies through the Public Investment Fund\u2019s NEO Space Group and advances the Kingdom\u2019s contribution to global lunar exploration through the Saudi Space Agency, ispace Saudi Arabia aims to leverage the company\u2019s extensive lunar mission experience to be a key partner in Saudi to develop not only lunar technology and lunar missions, but to also develop and grow capability in lunar exploration in the Kingdom.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ispace Saudi Arabia will advance ispace\u2019s engagement with key Saudi stakeholders, including commercial and institutional partners and government entities. The new entity plans to focus on advancing industrial and academic collaborations in the Kingdom, particularly in surface exploration technologies and operations, as well as in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), supported by ispace\u2019s European team based in Luxembourg. This milestone builds on ispace\u2019s ongoing collaboration with leading Saudi academic institutions, as well as research and technology organizations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: Leveraging AI for Aerospace Systems Engineering: Enhancing Requirements Traceability in Space Missions<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>ispace signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in 2025 and signed an MoU with a leading Saudi science and technology organisation in January 2026. &nbsp;Both partnerships aim to explore collaboration opportunities across lunar technology and missions, as well as capability development.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Takeshi Hakamada, Founder and CEO of ispace<\/strong><\/em><em>: \u201cThe establishment of ispace Saudi Arabia reflects the momentum we are seeing across the Kingdom\u2019s space sector and our shared belief in the importance of international collaboration to expand humanity\u2019s presence beyond Earth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This entity will allow&nbsp;<\/em><em>ispace<\/em><em>&nbsp;to engage more directly with our Saudi partners, accelerate joint projects and technology development, and support capability development in lunar exploration in the Kingdom. Building on our existing relationships with&nbsp;<\/em><em>KFUPM<\/em><em>&nbsp;and other leading institutions, we look forward to creating new opportunities for Saudi lunar technology and mission development, through institutional and commercial partnerships that help advance both Saudi Arabia\u2019s Vision 2030 ambitions and the growth of Saudi Arabia\u2019s space economy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The initiation of establishing ispace Saudi Arabia is being announced as part of the delegation of Japanese industry representatives attending the Saudi\u2013Japan Ministerial Investment Forum held in Riyadh on 11 January, led by His Excellency (H.E.) Eng. Khalid A. Al-Falih, Minister of Investment, Saudi Arabia, and H.E. Ryosei Akazawa, Japan\u2019s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan. The dialogue reaffirmed the importance of strengthening collaboration between Japan and Saudi Arabia across space, innovation, and advanced technologies, supporting long-term growth in the space economy through international collaboration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ispace, a global lunar exploration company with entities in Japan, Europe, and the United States, is proud to announce the initiation of establishing a new ispace subsidiary in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This establishment of ispace&nbsp;Saudi Arabia (entity name pending), ispace\u2019s fourth global entity alongside its entities in Tokyo, Luxembourg and Denver, reflects ispace\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[39,26,25],"class_list":["post-2171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-aerospace","tag-ground","tag-launch"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}