Tom Mueller
@lrocket
Liquid rocket engine development, racecar driver, grandfather, CEO and CTO at Impulse
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Maxxing out the adventure in adventure biking!
That was simultaneously the worst and the best riding I’ve ever seen
Last weekend at Black Rock (BALLS 34), I flew my (near)-hypersonic homebuilt experimental 54mm rocket to Mach 4.96 (5372 fps)! To my knowledge, this is the fastest single-stage rocket ever flown and fully recovered by any amateur, among other records in student rocketry.
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Your move.
Following our $808M Series D extension, Tom Mueller (@lrocket) joined Edward Ludlow (@EdLudlow) to talk about the growth behind the round and where we’re putting that capital to work.
Huge thanks to the @Bloomberg team for having us!
Watch the full video:
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"To continue hiring at all levels of the company, and to continue to build out our facilities here to get ready for a higher production rate..."
Watch @lrocket talk talent and ring the @tbpn gong for our Series D Extension
Full episode, Tom joins @ 2:06:00:
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@GoToImpulse announced a $308M extension to its Series D round yesterday—bringing the round’s total to $808M.
The company announced the first $500M in June, at a $4.26B valuation. New reports estimate that the valuation for the extension has risen to $5.4B.
“The extension reflects the demand we’re seeing from both our customers and investors, and the momentum across the business even in the last few weeks,” founder and CEO @lrocket told Payload via email.
Read more from Payload reporter @vicky_woodburn:
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For Timo Glock, the start of Race 1 at the Sachsenring was... quite eventful.
🎥 Timo Glock | #DTM#
Thank you to our customers and investors for supporting us, and all our Impulse employees for building an awesome company!
We've raised an additional $308M to continue expanding our team, products, and facilities as we accelerate humanity's future beyond Earth. This raise brings our combined Series D round to $808M, continuing a period of significant growth for our company.
We're scaling because our customers need more than just access to space, they need to be able to move dynamically once they're there. That's why we're building vehicles that can maneuver precisely, respond quickly, reach new destinations, and adapt on orbit.
We're excited to continue building a full spectrum of in-space mobility capabilities for the space industry.
Read the full announcement:
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Mira’s fourth trip to space is taking the upgraded spacecraft even further. 🛰️
LEO Express 4 is an Impulse-only mission designed to expand Mira’s flight heritage. The mission will test new maneuvers and operating conditions while validating upgrades across propulsion, avionics, and our in house star trackers.
Learn more about LEO Express 4:
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Two Miras — less than 200 meters apart!
Our LEO Express 2 and LEO Express 3 spacecraft recently met for a family reunion in orbit, following a series of carefully coordinated maneuvers that brought the two vehicles within approximately two football fields of each other.
The operation put Mira's flight-proven agility to work, with our GNC, propulsion, and mission ops teams executing multiple complex maneuvers and close approaches along the way.
See how the team pulled it off:
Image credit: @StarfishSpace / @heospace / Impulse Space
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Thank you for your service ET3 🫡
Six Mira's, one cleanroom.
Each Mira spacecraft is progressing through a different stage of assembly, integration, and test. Together, they reflect a production environment built to move multiple spacecraft through development in parallel.
The production line is growing, and so is the team behind it.
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The C7R is back in its rightful home in the showroom. Now, just need to get the Porsche 962 Coke car back in its place.
Rides to GEO (and beyond)!
Here is where our $40 trillion in debt comes from:
Precise orbital deployment made simple with Mira: agile, flight-proven, and responsible for the two largest orbital maneuvers ever executed by a nitrous-based system.
Lapping Laguna Seca in the Czinger was pretty cool too
Racing at Laguna Seca is peak Monterey car week
This plus $9 million will get you a “tailor-made” Ferrari Luce
