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Impulse Space wants to open up far away orbits with Helios kick stage
Impulse Space's next product is designed to make getting to far away orbits more accessible than ever.
Impulse Space revealed more details today about its next product, a high-energy kick stage called Helios, that could make getting to geosynchronous orbit cheaper than ever before n history. Impulse Space is offering a third way, with their expendable Helios kick stage that’s compatible with existing medium-lift launch vehicles. But as already mentioned, Helios must pack considerably more punch: it takes over 4,000 meters per second to get from LEO directly to GEO, so the kick stage will burn up to 14,000 kilograms of propellant across each mission.
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