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Impulse Space's lunar cargo delivery service builds on the company's existing mission profile of bringing payloads to Geostationary Orbit (GEO) using the Helios propulsion system.
Helios will transport the lunar lander to low lunar orbit within one week after deployment in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
The proposed mission architecture does not require in-space refueling due to Helios’s high delta-v capabilities.
The lunar lander will separate from Helios and descend to the surface of the Moon.
Impulse Space plans to develop a lunar lander that will use its existing Helios kick stage to reach the Moon.
Helios is expected to have flown multiple missions by 2028.
Impulse Space plans to fly the Helios kick stage for the first time next year.
The Helios propulsion system is set to fly its first mission next year.
After launch, Helios will transport the lunar lander to low lunar orbit within a week.
Impulse's lunar mission architecture pairs the Helios kick stage with a new lunar lander built by Impulse.
The lunar lander will separate from Helios and land on the Moon’s surface.
A combination of the Helios kick stage and the new Impulse Space lander, launched on a standard medium- or heavy-lift rocket, can deliver approximately 3 tons of cargo to the Moon.
The Lyra constellation utilizes SIRION filings that EchoStar acquired in the Helios Wire acquisition in 2019.
The Helios transfer vehicle is designed to perform rapid transfers of payloads from low Earth orbit to geostationary or other orbits.
Impulse Space signed a contract with SpaceX for three Falcon 9 launches to support the development and deployment of Impulse Space’s Helios and Mira vehicles.
Falcon 9’s second stage will deploy Helios and its payloads into low Earth orbit (LEO).
Helios will transport deployed payloads from LEO to geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) and geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO).
Subsequent contracted Falcon 9 launches will also feature Helios with payloads to be determined at a later date.
The Helios vehicle is a kick stage designed to transport payloads from low Earth orbit to geostationary orbit in under 24 hours.
Impulse Space selected Falcon 9 to launch the contracted Helios and associated missions.