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Nick Barracca retweeted
New photo from the launch pad! 🚀
LEO Express 4 launched aboard @SpaceX's Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, manifested through @Exolaunch.
Go Mira!
Photo credit: @SpaceX
Nick Barracca retweeted
Agree. This is very well done. The WSJ video team continues to do very good work covering national security space.
A great video from @WSJ on what the real world space weapons Meadowlands and Bounty Hunter look like and are used in combat operations around the world wsj.com/us-news/the-space-fo…
Nick Barracca retweeted
Teams encapsulated 32 payloads ahead of Falcon 9’s launch of the Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission from Florida → spacex.com/launches/bandwago…
Nick Barracca retweeted
Two missions. Two @SpaceNews_Inc Icon Award finalist honors. 🏆
Impulse was selected as a finalist for the Commercial Space Achievement category alongside @StarfishSpace for the Remora RPO mission. Starfish software autonomously controlled our LEO-2 Mira through a series of maneuvers, bringing it within approximately 1,250 meters of our LEO-1 Mira on orbit. See the mission in action in the video below!
We are also finalists in the Military Space Achievement category for our contract with the USSF for a future Space Force space domain awareness mission. Mira will host a government-furnished optical payload built by MIT Lincoln Laboratory to support SDA for objects located in GEO.
Mira is putting maneuverability at the center of what’s possible in orbit. Congrats to our crew behind the work. Two well-earned honors for the missions we’re bringing to life. 👏
Full list of finalists in the comments.
Nick Barracca retweeted
The complications of determining who is the launching state - important when determining liability and also who is responsible for registering the satellites with the UN
Nick Barracca retweeted
🔊 Sound on 🔊
You'll never forget your first hot fire.
Come build cool sh*t: impulsespace.pinpointhq.com/…
Nick Barracca retweeted
10 months from mission inception to launch readiness. 🛰️
Our Launch Operations Team has completed final preparations for Mira at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and delivered the spacecraft for integration with Falcon 9 ahead of @SpaceX's Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission, manifested through @Exolaunch .
That pace is made possible by teams across Impulse, from Propulsion and Avionics to Vehicle Engineering, Manufacturing, and Assembly, Integration & Test.
Learn more about LEO Express 4: impulsespace.com/updates/leo…
Nick Barracca retweeted
this goes against God's order, which states that one must learn the orbial elements by staring intently at the wikipedia illustration for several days and/or watching the orbital element dance on youtube
Opus 5.5 を使って軌道6要素をインタラクティブに学べるツールを作った。教科書などを読んでも絵が平面的でイメージをつかむのに苦戦していたけど、マウスでグリグリ回して色んな角度で3次元的に理解できるのに感動。良い時代になったもんだ。
ki-math.github.io/orbital-el…
Nick Barracca retweeted
Impulse Space Awarded $28M for Future Space Force SDA Mission 🚀
“Mira has proven its capability and reliability as a hosting platform through multiple commercial missions in LEO, providing a dependable foundation for a wide range of operational needs,” said Eric Romo, Impulse Space President and COO. “Mira’s demonstrated ability to perform both long-duration and rapid engine burns have underscored the mission flexibility that maneuverability creates. We look forward to supporting the Space Force with these proven capabilities.”
Read the full story: impulsespace.com/updates/imp…
Nick Barracca retweeted
“Impulse Space’s Series D round grows to $808M as backlog expands”
$308M more behind the people, products, and manufacturing bringing in-space mobility to more missions. 🚀
Read the @Reuters exclusive: reuters.com/legal/transactio…
Nick Barracca retweeted
Thank you to our customers and investors for supporting us, and all our Impulse employees for building an awesome company!
We've raised an additional $308M to continue expanding our team, products, and facilities as we accelerate humanity's future beyond Earth. This raise brings our combined Series D round to $808M, continuing a period of significant growth for our company.
We're scaling because our customers need more than just access to space, they need to be able to move dynamically once they're there. That's why we're building vehicles that can maneuver precisely, respond quickly, reach new destinations, and adapt on orbit.
We're excited to continue building a full spectrum of in-space mobility capabilities for the space industry.
Read the full announcement: impulsespace.com/updates/imp…
Nick Barracca retweeted
We've raised an additional $308M to continue expanding our team, products, and facilities as we accelerate humanity's future beyond Earth. This raise brings our combined Series D round to $808M, continuing a period of significant growth for our company.
We're scaling because our customers need more than just access to space, they need to be able to move dynamically once they're there. That's why we're building vehicles that can maneuver precisely, respond quickly, reach new destinations, and adapt on orbit.
We're excited to continue building a full spectrum of in-space mobility capabilities for the space industry.
Read the full announcement: impulsespace.com/updates/imp…
Nick Barracca retweeted
Ahead of Burning Man 2026, our satellites captured 10 high-resolution SAR images over the Nevada desert, approximately every 3 days.
By comparing collects, we can see Black Rock City take shape, from new structures to vehicle movement across the playa.
hubs.la/Q04xvN6m0
Nick Barracca retweeted
Open racism by the Republican nominee for an important statewide office in TX (regulates oil and gas). What's especially tragic is this picture shows the magic and genius of America.
Nick Barracca retweeted
Mira’s fourth trip to space is taking the upgraded spacecraft even further. 🛰️
LEO Express 4 is an Impulse-only mission designed to expand Mira’s flight heritage. The mission will test new maneuvers and operating conditions while validating upgrades across propulsion, avionics, and our in house star trackers.
Learn more about LEO Express 4: impulsespace.com/updates/leo…
Nick Barracca retweeted
Two Miras — less than 200 meters apart!
Our LEO Express 2 and LEO Express 3 spacecraft recently met for a family reunion in orbit, following a series of carefully coordinated maneuvers that brought the two vehicles within approximately two football fields of each other.
The operation put Mira's flight-proven agility to work, with our GNC, propulsion, and mission ops teams executing multiple complex maneuvers and close approaches along the way.
See how the team pulled it off: lnkd.in/g7kw7RR8
Image credit: @StarfishSpace / @heospace / Impulse Space
Nick Barracca retweeted
With the release of To the Black, a documentary that chronicles Firefly's early years, we're reminded of where our journey began—and even more importantly, how far we've come.
Since then, Firefly has entered a new era of leadership and growth, with multiple launches, the first successful commercial Moon landing, an IPO, and an expanded portfolio that includes AI software capabilities.
Our story is just getting started. With an unwavering focus on enhancing reliability, increasing production, and delivering on a growing mission manifest, the most exciting chapters are still to come.
totheblack.com
Nick Barracca retweeted
Six Mira's, one cleanroom.
Each Mira spacecraft is progressing through a different stage of assembly, integration, and test. Together, they reflect a production environment built to move multiple spacecraft through development in parallel.
The production line is growing, and so is the team behind it.
impulsespace.com/careers
A critical and emerging space technology priority: "Access to, and use of, cislunar space and 'novel' orbits" @GoToImpulse
Full story online: payloadspace.com/white-house…
