# Saiph at Low Earth Orbit (LEO): deployment

Canonical ID: `5d52f7ec-9832-441c-a701-aff73a117500`

## Key facts

- **Mission:** Vast Haven-1 commercial space station propulsion
- **System:** Saiph thrusters for RCS (augmenting CMGs) and deorbit
- **Target:** Haven-1 launch targeted 2027 (Q1 flight readiness)
- **Validation:** Haven Demo (launched Nov 2 2025) successfully tested Saiph thrusters and deorbit; deorbited Feb 4 2026.

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

_Last updated: 2026-06-07_

- **Slug:** saiph-vast-haven-1
- **Status:** planned
- **Model:** [Saiph](/models/saiph.md) (id: `adf79eb5-3b0e-404f-8564-c7c5bcebd962`)
- **Company:** [Impulse Space](/companies/impulse-space.md) (id: `90becab7-664d-4140-8b1e-2703d1be7e91`)
- **Location:** [Low Earth Orbit (LEO)](/locations/low-earth-orbit.md) (id: `c2b414a6-3f5d-4862-8aee-c7bf3198b271`)

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. https://www.vastspace.com/updates/vast-selects-impulse-space-for-haven-1-space-station-propulsion
2. https://www.impulsespace.com/propulsion/saiph

## Common questions

### What is the Saiph deployment at Low Earth Orbit (LEO)?

Saiph, built by Impulse Space, is recorded as a deployment at Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on the DEPLOY registry. Impulse Space operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Saiph at Low Earth Orbit (LEO)?

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

### Have there been incidents at the Saiph deployment at Low Earth Orbit (LEO)?

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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