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Airbus Ventures has announced its investment in Impulse Space, one of the leaders in the development of in-space transportation services for the inner solar system \u2013 which has raised $45 million in its oversubscribed Series A funding round. The round is led by RTX Ventures, with participation from Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Airbus Ventures, Space Capital, and others.<\/p>\n
\u201cSpace is more accessible than ever, but efficiently moving payloads into higher energy orbits has been a challenge\u2014until now,\u201d explains Impulse Space Founder and CEO Tom Mueller<\/strong>. \u201cAt Impulse Space, our team is developing the next generation of orbital maneuvering spacecraft that can provide nimble, economical capabilities to help provide access to any orbit.\u201d<\/p>\n Impulse Space will advance its work in upcoming missions, such as LEO Express-1, a GEO refueling mission, and an upcoming mission to Mars. This funding will support several development efforts with a focus on Helios – Impulse\u2019s largest vehicle yet. The Helios kick stage enables direct-to-geostationary equatorial orbit missions, bypassing the need for a Geostationary Transfer Orbit.<\/p>\n \u201cImpulse Space is developing a suite of Orbital Transfer Vehicles (OTVs) that will unlock the in-space logistics ecosystem,\u201d remarks Thomas d\u2019Halluin, Airbus Ventures Managing Partner<\/strong>. \u201cAt Airbus Ventures, we are particularly excited by Impulse\u2019s long-term, interplanetary vision to offer on-orbit servicing, inspection, and more. With over two decades of proven track record, Tom and the Impulse team are increasingly well-positioned to supply the unique technical capabilities essential for harnessing a thriving orbital environment and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n In 2026, Impulse Space will begin its journey to land on Mars. In partnership with Relativity Space, this will be the first commercial mission to the red planet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Airbus Ventures has announced its investment in Impulse Space, one of the leaders in the development of in-space transportation services for the inner solar system \u2013 which has raised $45 million in its oversubscribed Series A funding round. The round is led by RTX Ventures, with participation from Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Airbus Ventures, Space […]<\/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":[26,38,20],"class_list":["post-8309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-leo","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8309"}],"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=8309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}