Deployment
Mira at Low Earth Orbit (Tiangong Space Station)
Orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) for last-mile payload delivery in LEO and beyond. ~300 kg. Uses eight Saiph thrusters (22 N each, N2O/ethane). First flight November 2023 (Transporter-9, LEO Express-1); second flight January 2025 (Transporter-12, LEO Express-2). Autonomous plane changes, LTAN changes, payload deployment, and proximity operations.
Mira by Impulse Space · Operated by Impulse Space · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified · Space
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Mira conducted its second flight on the LEO Express-2 mission, launching aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg SLC-4E on 2025-01-14 (NORAD ID 62673), and successfully deployed the Bluebon and FOSSASat TAT-0 CubeSats while hosting an HEO Robotics NEI payload. The vehicle subsequently completed autonomous rendezvous and proximity operations with the LEO Express-1 Mira spacecraft to within approximately 1,250 m on Dec 15 2025.
Key facts
- Mission
- LEO Express-2 (Mira second flight)
- Launch
- SpaceX Falcon 9, Transporter-12, SLC-4E Vandenberg, 2025-01-14 19:09 UTC
- NORAD ID
- 62673
- Outcome
- Successful. Deployed Bluebon and FOSSASat TAT-0 CubeSats. Hosted HEO Robotics NEI payload. Completed autonomous RPO with LEO Express-1 Mira within ~1,250 m (Dec 15 2025).
Safety record
No incidents on record for Mira at Low Earth Orbit (Tiangong Space Station).
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-07-22
- Model
- Mira
- Company
- Impulse Space
- Operator
- Impulse Space
- Status
- ended
- Operator type
- maker operated
- First seen
- 2025-01-14
- ID
3be6c4a5-e67c-44ed-9792-590e56992a84
Timeline
- Jan 2025First recordedMira first documented operating at Low Earth Orbit (Tiangong Space Station).
- Jan 2025created
- Jul 2026Current status: ended, reviewedLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
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Sources (2)
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-22
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-22
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: space
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Mira at Low Earth Orbit (Tiangong Space Station).Common questions
- What is the Mira deployment at Low Earth Orbit (Tiangong Space Station)?
- Mira, built by Impulse Space, is recorded as a deployment at Low Earth Orbit (Tiangong Space Station) on the DEPLOY registry. Impulse Space operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates Mira at Low Earth Orbit (Tiangong Space Station)?
- Impulse Space, the manufacturer of Mira, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- When did the Mira deployment at Low Earth Orbit (Tiangong Space Station) go live?
- The deployment is recorded as starting January 14, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
- Is the Mira deployment at Low Earth Orbit (Tiangong Space Station) still active?
- As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is no longer operating at this location.
- Have there been incidents at the Mira deployment at Low Earth Orbit (Tiangong Space Station)?
- 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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