Tag: Tom Mueller
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Impulse Space Opens Colorado Facility to Support In-Orbit Mobility Spacecraft
Impulse Space has opened a 20,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Louisville, Colorado, expanding its footprint in the state and strengthening the region’s growing space technology cluster. The new site, located at 2000 S. Taylor Ave. in Boulder County, will focus on the development of guidance, navigation and control (GNC) systems for the company’s Mira and Helios…
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An in-space propulsion company just raised a staggering amount of money
This week an in-space propulsion company, Impulse Space, announced that it had raised a significant amount of money, $300 million. This follows a fundraising round just last year in which the Southern California-based company raised $150 million. This is one of the largest capital raises in space in a while, especially for a non-launch company.…
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Impulse Space Signs Deal With SES for Satellite Transfers to High Orbits
Satellite transport company Impulse Space has signed a multi-launch agreement with Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES to deliver satellites to medium and geostationary Earth orbits, beginning with a 2027 mission using Impulse’s Helios transfer vehicle. Under the agreement, Impulse will use its Helios kick stage to carry a four-ton SES satellite from low Earth orbit (LEO)…
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SpaceX propulsion guru Tom Mueller looks ahead to Raptor rocket engines for Mars
Tom Mueller, SpaceX’s propulsion chief technology officer, meets his fans at the International Space Development Conference in Los Angeles. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) LOS ANGELES — SpaceX’s success owes a lot to the tenacity of the company’s billionaire founder, Elon Musk, but some of the credit has to go to the guy who designed the…