Saiph is made by Impulse Space, based in Redondo Beach, California, USA, founded in 2021.

Where is Saiph deployed?

1 verified deployment of Saiph is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

What is Saiph's maturity stage?

Saiph is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.

Robot model

Saiph

Name: Saiph
Brand: Impulse Space

22 N bipropellant thruster using nitrous oxide and ethane. Qualified May 2023. Storable, non-toxic, spark-ignited. Flight heritage on Mira OTV flights (LEO Express-1 and 2) and Haven Demo (Vast). Selected for Vast Haven-1 space station propulsion (RCS + deorbit).

Saiph is a space robot built by Impulse Space. · Documented in 1 deployment in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

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Markdown mirror: /models/saiph.md
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REST API: /v1/models/adf79eb5-3b0e-404f-8564-c7c5bcebd962
Revision history: /models/saiph/history
Data documentation: /data
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Form factor: space
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Deployments: 1
ID: adf79eb5-3b0e-404f-8564-c7c5bcebd962

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Specs

role: bipropellant RCS/deorbit thruster
thrust: 22 N
autonomy: n/a (component)
qualified: 2023-05
propellant: N2O / ethane

Recent deployments (1)

Saiph at Low Earth Orbit (LEO)Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Sources (1)

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

Common questions

What is Saiph?: 22 N bipropellant thruster using nitrous oxide and ethane. Qualified May 2023. Storable, non-toxic, spark-ignited. Flight heritage on Mira OTV flights (LEO Express-1 and 2) and Haven Demo (Vast). Selected for Vast Haven-1 space station propulsion (RCS + deorbit).
Who makes Saiph?: Saiph is made by Impulse Space, based in Redondo Beach, California, USA, founded in 2021.
Where is Saiph deployed?: 1 verified deployment of Saiph is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
What is Saiph's maturity stage?: Saiph is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.

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: commercial

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.