# Helios at Geostationary Orbit (GEO): deployment

Canonical ID: `56da6d35-d859-4af1-ab73-57c9a26ba0e6`

## Key facts

- **Mission:** First dedicated commercial Helios mission (SES)
- **Customer:** SES (multi-launch agreement signed 2025-05-22)
- **Target:** 2027
- **Profile:** 4-ton-class satellite to GEO within 8 hours of LEO launch (same-day delivery)

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-06-07_

- **Slug:** helios-ses-geo
- **Status:** planned
- **Model:** [Helios](/models/helios.md) (id: `29eaa53c-0c80-4c11-bc35-5adf73c33116`)
- **Company:** [Impulse Space](/companies/impulse-space.md) (id: `90becab7-664d-4140-8b1e-2703d1be7e91`)
- **Location:** [Geostationary Orbit (GEO)](/locations/geostationary-orbit.md) (id: `d1c2eb2c-b1f5-4cd9-9981-2f9fb450977d`)

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. https://www.ses.com/press-release/ses-signs-multi-launch-agreement-helios-transport-services-impulse-space
2. https://www.impulsespace.com/propulsion

## Common questions

### What is the Helios deployment at Geostationary Orbit (GEO)?

Helios, built by Impulse Space, is recorded as a deployment at Geostationary Orbit (GEO) on the DEPLOY registry. Impulse Space operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Helios at Geostationary Orbit (GEO)?

Impulse Space, the manufacturer of Helios, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### Have there been incidents at the Helios deployment at Geostationary Orbit (GEO)?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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