SBIR/STTR Research Award
Tactically Responsive GEO with a High Energy Kick Stage
Award amount
$1,699,899Program and phase
SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase IIAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- IMPULSE SPACE, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2024-05-15
- Contract end date
- 2025-08-18
- UEI
- FGQ7CARRFFA2
- Solicitation number
- X23.8
- Topic code
- AFX238-DPCSO1
Research abstract
While recent Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) demonstrations to date have focused on LEO, there is an urgent need to responsively launch space vehicles beyond LEO to high energy orbits including MEO, GEO, and cislunar orbits. Impulse Space, Inc. is developing a high energy kick stage called Helios which delivers 5 metric tons of payload to GEO in under 24 hours. The kick stage is designed to fit on medium lift launch vehicles to LEO and allows direct-to-GEO access. This Phase II will fund development and testing of the Helios Deneb engine to near flight qualification and investigate architectures for integration of a high energy kick stage into TacRS GEO architectures.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Responsive Space Operations with a Multi-Orbit Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle
- Dynamic Space Operations with Commercial Maneuvering Services
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- K2 Space Mega Class Satellite
- APEX STRATFI Proposal
- Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO) Data Fabric Development (STRATFI)
- Scaled Supernova Spacecraft
- High Powered Electric Propulsion System for Space Vehicles
Research funding history
3 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2024). Reported award amounts total $3,474,815. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II – Direct to Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Defense