Robot model
Rigel
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 is a space robot built by Impulse Space.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/rigel.md
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- REST API: /v1/models/e80a98cd-5913-489c-b124-c1cbda1c0b1e
- Revision history: /models/rigel/history
- Data documentation: /data
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- Form factor
- space
- Maturity stage
- research
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 0
- ID
e80a98cd-5913-489c-b124-c1cbda1c0b1e
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Specs
- role
- Mars lander descent engine
- status
- development / test
- thrust
- ~800 N (180 lbf)
- autonomy
- n/a (component)
- propellant
- N2O / ethane (inferred)
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is Rigel?
- 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.
- Who makes Rigel?
- Rigel is made by Impulse Space, based in Redondo Beach, California, USA, founded in 2021.
- Where is Rigel deployed?
- No verified deployments of Rigel are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
- What is Rigel's maturity stage?
- Rigel is at the research stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Research stage means active development without commercial deployments on file.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-07
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-07
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: research
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: space
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Rigel.