Impulse Space
Aerospace
Redondo Beach, California
What it builds
Builds spacecraft that move satellites and other payloads between orbits.
Classification
Dual-useImpulse explicitly serves commercial and civil customers: it sells in-space transportation services, and NASA selected it for orbital-transfer-vehicle studies. It also has actual U.S. Space Force contracts, including a $34.5 million contract for VICTUS missions and a $28 million contract for a future space-domain-awareness mission. The company describes commercial, civil, and government missions, so the evidence supports dual-use rather than a principally military-purpose classification.
Based on the sources reviewed, not all possible uses.
Sources
- Impulse Space - Mobilizing Space (opens in a new tab)
“Our vehicles move payloads across and between orbits — rapidly, reliably, and affordably — enabling a new era of commercial,”
- Impulse Space Force contract (opens in a new tab)
“has been awarded a $28M contract by the United States Space Force (USSF) for a future Space Force”