Deployment
Rigel at North America
180 lbf (~800 N) bipropellant engine in development for Mars lander propulsive descent. Tested at Mojave Air and Space Port. Will perform powered landing on Mars for the joint Impulse/Relativity mission.
Rigel by Impulse Space · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
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North American operational deployment. Rigel operations.
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-06-08
- Model
- Rigel
- Company
- Impulse Space
- Location
- North America
- Status
- operational
- ID
5c81115a-fa18-473f-bb03-844b09fe6fda
Sources (1)
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-08
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-08
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: research
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: space
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for Rigel at North America.Common questions
- What is the Rigel deployment at North America?
- Rigel, built by Impulse Space, is recorded as a deployment at North America on the DEPLOY registry. Impulse Space operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates Rigel at North America?
- Impulse Space, the manufacturer of Rigel, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- Have there been incidents at the Rigel deployment at North America?
- 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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