{"id":2635,"date":"2025-10-13T14:37:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T14:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/lodestar-space-to-deliver-ground-demonstration-aboard-impulses-mira-spacecraft\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T14:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T14:37:16","slug":"lodestar-space-to-deliver-ground-demonstration-aboard-impulses-mira-spacecraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/lodestar-space-to-deliver-ground-demonstration-aboard-impulses-mira-spacecraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Lodestar Space to Deliver Ground Demonstration Aboard Impulse’s Mira Spacecraft"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lodestar Space<\/strong> has been awarded funding under the UK Space Agency\u2019s International Bilateral Fund (IBF) to accelerate the integration and on-the-ground demonstration of Lodestar\u2019s Mithril avionics stack aboard the Impulse Space Mira spacecraft. The project is a trilateral collaboration between Lodestar Space (UK), University College London (UK), and Impulse Space (US).<\/p>\n

Lodestar\u2019s Mithril avionics will deliver the UK\u2019s first sovereign payload for on-orbit detection and characterization of space targets, advancing the ability to assess and respond to emerging threats in orbit. For the test, the payload will be hosted on Impulse\u2019s Mira spacecraft, a highly maneuverable vehicle for dynamic space operations, with proven flight heritage. The initiative will showcase real-time autonomy and maneuverability, strengthening UK-US collaboration and supporting the growing need for sustainable, safe, and assured space operations.<\/p>\n

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Also Read: Impulse Space Upgrades Mira Vehicle for GEO and Deep-Space Missions<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThis is a critical integration de-risking opportunity for both companies,\u201d said Thomas Santini<\/strong>, CTO of Lodestar Space.<\/strong> \u201cBy aligning our technologies, we\u2019ll demonstrate the track, characterize, and effect capability of Lodestar’s AI autonomy software Mithril on Impulse\u2019s Mira spacecraft, laying the groundwork for future deployments for UK-US military missions and proving the real-world readiness of autonomous in-orbit Protect and Defend.\u201d<\/p>\n

The IBF project will culminate in a live hardware-in-the-loop customer ground demonstration at Impulse\u2019s headquarters, validating the system and de-risking a planned future UK-US orbital launch. By combining Lodestar\u2019s sovereign avionics technology, UCL\u2019s research expertise, and Impulse\u2019s agile Mira spacecraft, the project will advance tactically responsive space-based Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capabilities for UK and US security and commercial needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis project reflects Mira\u2019s strengths when serving as a hosting platform: the ability to provide an agile, responsive, and high delta-v spacecraft that, paired with a payload like Mithril, can unlock new mission profiles on orbit,\u201d said Eric Romo<\/strong>, President and Chief Operating Officer of Impulse Space<\/strong>. \u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to collaborating with Lodestar and the University College London on this project backed by the UK Space Agency.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lodestar Space has been awarded funding under the UK Space Agency\u2019s International Bilateral Fund (IBF) to accelerate the integration and on-the-ground demonstration of Lodestar\u2019s Mithril avionics stack aboard the Impulse Space Mira spacecraft. The project is a trilateral collaboration between Lodestar Space (UK), University College London (UK), and Impulse Space (US). Lodestar\u2019s Mithril avionics will […]<\/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":[26,25,24],"class_list":["post-2635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-satellite-bus-platforms"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2635"}],"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=2635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2635\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}