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Impulse Space develops in-space transportation vehicles that provide last-mile delivery services for satellites and cargo across the solar system.
ACTIVEImpulse Space develops in-space mobility vehicles, including the Mira spacecraft and the Helios kick stage, that carry satellites and payloads onward from where launch vehicles leave them.
Impulse Space develops in-space mobility vehicles, including the Mira spacecraft and the Helios kick stage, that carry satellites and payloads onward from where launch vehicles leave them.
Rank 28 of 94 ranked companies, shared with 1 other company on the same total
5 of 8 inputs measured · High confidence · 100% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Market value, Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-10-20 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
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Sources: Founded, Headquarters, CEO, Employees, Legal name
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7 private rounds on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Hiring
211 open roles right now →
Latest government contract
IMPULSE SPACE PHASE 2 STRATFI
DoD · $13M · Feb 28, 2025
Latest funding round
Series D Extension · $308M
Sep 16, 2026
Contracts, suppliers, launches and schedule for each program, every fact sourced:
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Compiled Oct 20, 2026 from 12 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Space federal awards
3 awards, $41.3M obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Sep 24, 2026. Awarded Aug 22, 2024 to Feb 28, 2025; most from DoD (2 awards)
Counts awards the government's own product code or programme title marks as space work, or the space research industry code; the satellite-telecoms industry code counts only together with a space agency, office or a space word in the award's own description. Obligated dollars, not ceilings; umbrella contracts (IDVs) are left out because their orders are counted one by one. Amounts as USAspending reported them on Sep 24, 2026.
Source: USAspending.gov recipient profile (all awards, not only space)
Latest award Feb 28, 2025
Latest space award
$12.8M from DoD
IMPULSE SPACE PHASE 2 STRATFI
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Feb 28, 2025
Form D notices
2 offerings reported on Form D
Latest filed Aug 3, 2023; first sale Jul 24, 2023
Each offering counts once: a later amendment (Form D/A) replaces its original. Form D names no round label and no investors. Filings for a merger or SPAC deal are left out.
Sourced rounds on record
7 rounds, $1.33B disclosed
Every round has a disclosed amount
Published rounds with a source link only, on the same rules as the funding tracker. Each round links the source that states its figure; amounts in other currencies are converted to dollars at the rate shown on the funding tracker.
Open roles
211 open roles
90 days ago: before our daily count began (Aug 13, 2026)
Roles on the company's own jobs board, read by our daily sync. Listings posted or paid for on SpaceNexus are not counted. Earlier daily counts include every listed role.
Source: A current posting on the company jobs board
Counted Oct 19, 2026
Satellites owned or operated
3 in orbit of 3 launched
Latest: LEO Express 3
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation code IMPUL. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Nov 28, 2025
Satellites built
3 payloads launched, 3 in orbit
Latest: LEO Express 3
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation code IMPUL. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Nov 28, 2025
Department of Defense
2 space awards, $41.1M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Feb 28, 2025
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1 space award, $244K obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Aug 22, 2024
Took part in Series D Extension (Sep 16, 2026)
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 20). Impulse Space: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/impulse-space
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Impulse Space: Company dossier." Data as of October 20, 2026. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/impulse-space.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_impulsespace_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Impulse Space}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/impulse-space}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/impulse-space},
urldate = {2026-10-20},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-20; each fact links its primary source}
}Took part in Series D Extension (Sep 16, 2026)
SatNews, Sep 16, 2026
Took part in Series D Extension (Sep 16, 2026)
SatNews, Sep 16, 2026
Took part in Series D Extension (Sep 16, 2026)
SatNews, Sep 16, 2026
Took part in Series D Extension (Sep 16, 2026)
SatNews, Sep 16, 2026
Took part in Series B (Oct 1, 2024)
SpaceNews, Oct 1, 2024
Recorded as lead of Series B (Oct 1, 2024)
SpaceNews, Oct 1, 2024
Spring Tide
Took part in Series B (Oct 1, 2024)
SpaceNews, Oct 1, 2024