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Impulse Space Secures $45M In Series A Funding Round

Jul 24, 2023•almost 2 years ago

Amount Raised

$45 Million

Round Type

series a

Redondo BeachLogisticsTransportation

Investors

Space CapitalAirbus VenturesLux CapitalFounders FundRtx Ventures

Description

Impulse Space, Inc. – a leader in the development of in-space transportation services for the inner solar system – today announced it has secured $45 million in its Series A funding round. The round is led by RTX Ventures, the venture capital arm of RTX (NYSE: RTX).

Company Information

Company

Impulse Space

Location

2651 Manhattan Beach Blvd

Redondo Beach, California, United States

About

Impulse Space, the in-space transportation company founded by Tom Mueller, is opening access beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with its fleet of in-space transportation vehicles. The flight-proven Mira vehicle uses a nontoxic, high-impulse chemical propulsion system to offer orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry services to customers from LEO to GEO. The high-energy Helios vehicle unlocks orbits beyond LEO with its powerful Deneb engine, dropping off payloads in MEO, GEO, heliocentric, lunar, and other planetary orbits. Led by a team that delivered the most reliable rockets in history, Impulse provides economical and efficient in-space transportation by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.

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