Impulse Space outlines MIRA maneuvering vehicles and HELIOS orbital transfer stage

Impulse Space says it takes over after a spacecraft reaches orbit on an existing launch vehicle, typically Falcon 9, and plans to operate with new launch vehicles in the future. Its MIRA product is designed for precision maneuvering; the company announced that MIRA-2 and MIRA-3 came within about 200 meters of each other during a flyby.

The company’s second product, HELIOS, is an upper stage carried inside a launch vehicle’s fairing. Impulse Space says it can deliver substantial cargo to high-energy destinations including geosynchronous orbit, locations beyond Earth’s gravity, the Moon and Mars.

The services could support future computing infrastructure in space, although the timing and architecture of orbital data centers remain uncertain.