Inversion Space develops re-entry vehicles that are designed to return cargo and resources from space at a low cost and with high frequency. Their vehicles enable the safe return of various types of cargo from low-earth orbit and beyond, making the process of returning from space as routine as launching into it. This company serves clients in the space exploration and commercial space sectors, generating revenue through service contracts and partnerships with space agencies and private companies. Inversion Space differentiates itself by focusing on the efficiency and reliability of its re-entry solutions, which are essential for the sustainability and growth of space operations.

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Inversion Space

Inversion, the company pioneering precision delivery on-demand from space to anywhere on Earth, today announced a $44 million Series A funding round c

Inversion Raises $44 Million to Power On-Demand Delivery from Space

BREMEN, Germany - Inversion Space has raised $44 million to further development of reentry vehicles to deliver cargo from space.

Inversion Space raises $44 million

Inversion awarded $71M by SpaceWERX to develop the next generation of autonomous re-entry vehicles, enable precision delivery to any location on Earth

Inversion Awarded $71M by Air Force Research Laboratory and SpaceWERX for Delivery On-Demand from Space

Austin Briggs (left), Co-Founder and CTO of Inversion and Justin Fiaschetti (right), Co-Founder and CEO of Inversion at Inversion's Torrance, California headquarters (Photo: Business Wire)TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inversion, founded in 2021 to build re-entry vehicles to deliver cargo anywhere on Earth in under one hour, announced today that Ray, the company’s technology test platform, will be launching on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 as part of the Transporter-12 Rideshare mission, no earlier than October 2024.The purpose of Ray’s mission for Inversion is to test key technologies for the yet-to-be-announced next generation vehicle that Inversion is developing.“We have developed Ray at a record low cost, while simultaneously making investments into our next gen vehicle. Ray’s first mission is a major step on the path to making returning from space an everyday occurrence. This ethos of cost efficiency is core to accomplishing this mission,” said Justin Fiaschetti, Co-Founder and CEO of Inversion.Once in space, Ray will remain in orbit while the Inversion team conducts functional check out. Upon completion, Ray will be commanded to conduct its de-orbit burn using Inversion’s 8 lbf thrust bipropellant rocket engine, named CE-1. Ray will then re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere at hypersonic speeds, 17800 mph. Ray will deploy its parachute, which Inversion has developed from scratch, to slow to a gentle 12.5 ft/s touchdown velocity and splash down off the coast of California.“We decided early on that Ray would be used to test technology for our next gen vehicle, which is why we’ve developed nearly every one of Ray’s subsystems in-house for both the capsule and the service module

Inversion’S State-Of-The-Art Ray Reentry Demonstrator Capsule To Launch This Fall On The Transporter-12 Mission With Spacex

Inversion Space is aptly named. The three-year-old startup’s primary concern is not getting things to space, but bringing them back — transforming the ultimate high ground into “a transportation layer for Earth.”The company’s plan — ultra-fast, on-demand deliveries to anywhere on Earth — sounds like pie in the sky, but it’s the sort of moonshot goal that could transform terrestrial cargo transportation. The aim is to send up fleets of earth-orbiting vehicles that will be able to shoot back to Earth at Mach speeds, slow with specially-made parachutes, and deliver cargo in minutes.Inversion has developed a pathfinder vehicle, called Ray, that’s a technical precursor to a larger platform that will debut in 2026. Ray will head to space this October, on SpaceX’s Transporter-12 ride share mission, paving the way for Inversion’s future plans on orbit (and back).Ray is small — about twice the diameter of a standard frisbee — and will spend anywhere from one and five weeks in space, depending on factors like weather and how the orbit aligns with the landing site, Inversion CEO Justin Fiaschetti explained in a recent interview.This first mission will have three phases: the initial on-orbit phase, where the spacecraft will power on, charge its batteries, and hopefully send telemetry to the ground. During the second phase, Ray will use its onboard propulsion system to slow down the vehicle so it starts losing altitude and reentering the atmosphere. The reentry capsule will separate from the satellite bus (both designed in-house), with the latter structure burning up.The third and final phase will see Ray slow down using a supersonic drogue parachute, from a reentry speed of Mach 1.8 to Mach 0.2

Inversion Space Will Test Its Space-Based Delivery Tech In October

Startup Inversion plans to launch Ray, its reentry capsule technology demonstrator, on SpaceX's Falcon 9 Transporter-12 rideshare mission, scheduled for launch for this October.

Inversion Plans Reentry Capsule Demo As Soon As October

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November 16 California-based startup Inversion Space, which is developing a return vehicle for space cargo, raised $10m in a seed funding round led by Spark Capital.

Inversion Space received financing of $10M in seed funding round on Nov 16th 21'.

Develops low-cost re-entry vehicles for cargo

Inversion Space

Develops low-cost re-entry vehicles for cargo

Inversion Space

Develops low-cost re-entry vehicles for cargo

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