Space Startup wants to deliver goods anywhere on earth in an hour

A new type of delivery system is set up in low terrestrial orbit. The inversion space, a relatively small space startup founded in 2021, is preparing its space delivery vehicle for the flight. The reusable spacecraft is designed to deposit the space cargo to Earth according to a tight schedule, building a constellation of vehicles on demand parked in orbit.

This week, the inversion unveiled its flagship arc vehicle, a spatial 4 feet wide, 8 feet high, a hybrid cargo capsule capable of transporting 500 pounds (225 kilograms) of supplies. The Startup based in California aims to launch arc by the end of 2026, relying on the lessons learned from the inaugural mission of its demonstration vehicle earlier this year.

Space delivery

The idea behind the construction of the arc is not only an access to space, but rather to be able to deliver freight from orbit to anywhere on the planet in the hour. The autonomous vehicle will be launched on a low terrestrial orbit, where it will be positioned to store freight up to five years.

If necessary, the arc is built to enter the atmosphere and land on earth using parachutes. The spacecraft is equipped with an engine of desire and a maneuverable parachute independently to help it go down to the surface. It is designed to withstand hypersonic speeds, capture and deploy assets, as well as appointments with other orbit spaces.

The inversion vision is to be able to deploy a constellation of its reusable orbit vehicles and to return them to Earth according to the needs of its customers. The company specifically targets the useful military charges, hoping that the US military can make good use of the vehicle speed to be returned to earth. “The arc is remodeling the preparation for defense by allowing access to anywhere on earth in less than an hour – allowing the rapid delivery of the cargo and critical effects to austere, limited or refused environments”, wrote on the inversion space on X. “This capacity establishes a new domain of global logistics, introducing a speed, realization and resilience unrelated and resilience for national security.”

Inversion launched its first vehicle in January as part of the Carpooling Transporter-12 of SpaceX. The spacecraft, named Ray, was a demonstration of the new company technologies, testing its orbit systems and its back -to -school capacities. The mission was mainly a success, but Ray experienced a dysfunction of propulsion which hampered his ability to reintegrate the atmosphere of the earth.

“Our first spaceship, Ray, finished his mission in orbit – serving as an extremely successful test assessment to validate key technologies despite not having tried to return because of a short -circuit in orbit in a component preventing our engine deorbit from igniting,” the company wrote in a press release.

The company notes that almost all systems aboard the spaceship have been built internally with a small team of 25 people. The inversion may be a newcomer to the space industry, but the startup aims to build hundreds of its vehicles per year and to establish a constellation of freight back-to-school space by 2028.