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The company plans to deploy at least five of its own lunar orbit satellites by 2030 to provide services to customers operating on the lunar surface and in lunar orbit. Regarding ground station infrastructure, a basic agreement has been signed with KDDI, and joint consideration is underway.\n\n### Market Size and Future Outlook\nThe company estimates the service\u2019s market size will grow to approximately 450 billion yen annually by the 2040s. The first lunar orbit satellite will be deployed using transportation services from Argo Space Corp (USA), targeting a launch and communication service start as early as fiscal 2027. In the future, advanced and multilayered service deployment with multiple satellites will be considered to accelerate the construction of the cis-lunar economic zone. There is no impact on the full-year consolidated earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2026 due to this matter.","jir_financial_highlights":"Market Size: Approximately 450 billion yen annually (2040s) (Unknown)\nNumber of Planned Lunar Orbit Satellite Deployments: At least 5 units (by 2030) (Unknown)\nService Launch Timing: As early as fiscal 2027 (Unknown)","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#ispaceInc, #business_update, #JapaneseStocks","jir_key_figures":"Market Size: Approximately 450 billion yen annually (2040s, company estimate)\nLunar Orbit Satellite Deployment Plan: At least 5 units (by 2030)\nService Launch Timing: As early as fiscal 2027","jir_meta_title":"ispace, Inc. 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