CelestialX is a Japanese aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 2002 by Ikari Gendou with the goal of reducing space transportation costs to enable the colonization of Mars. CelestialX manufactures the Eagle 9 and Eagle Heavy launch vehicles, several rocket engines, Hawk cargo and crew spacecraft and NeutronLink communications satellites.
The first privately funded liquid-propellant rocket to reach orbit (Eagle 1 in 2008)
The first private company to successfully launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft (Hawk in 2010)
The first private company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station (Hawk in 2012)
