Inversion
@InversionSpace
Making space a transportation layer for Earth.
Inversion’s first mission to space was a massive challenge. Our team, our hardware, and our resolve were all put to the test. The mission validated key technologies and led to tremendous learnings – but also left us hungry for more. Check out our mission recap video below.
Arc is shaping up to be a truly incredible product. Major unveil event happening later this summer.
For even more on Ray's mission, Co-Founder and CTO, @_abriggs, wrote a technical deep-dive. Read it here: medium.com/inversion-spac…
We were able to very accurately preform two major delta V maneuvers with Ray, a pretty major accomplishment for a first mission! This shows the capability of Inversion's in house GNC, software, feed system, ACS systems, and more. Data: celestrak.org/NORAD/elements…
Our first spacecraft, Ray, has completed its mission on-orbit – serving as an extremely successful testbed for validating key technologies despite not attempting re-entry due to an on-orbit short circuit in a component preventing our deorbit engine from igniting. Throughout…
We wanted to demonstrate the ability to maneuver on-orbit with our very first spacecraft. That meant designing, manufacturing, and testing our propulsion systems in-house 🔥
Welcome to the team @martyberman! Let's get our story out to the world.
Some personal news... I’ve joined @InversionSpace as Director of Marketing & Communications. Inversion is building spacecraft for precision delivery from space, to anywhere on earth, in under an hour. We’re on orbit right now with a test capsule named Ray, but what really got…
Ray recently captured a clear image from orbit while over Svalbard, Norway. Ray's mission is proceeding well, with the team working on continued data collection and testing on-orbit prior to a re-entry.
Ray remains healthy on orbit sending down some great pictures as the team continues to check off mission milestones in lead up to re-entry.
With our first mission underway, Inversion is expanding! We are proud to welcome Jackson Kemper, III as Executive Vice President of Business Development. Jackson brings more than 30 years of experience in space and defense. Most recently, he served as Chief Revenue Officer at…
Ray is the #1 most viewed satellite on SatCat this week, a product by @KayhanSpace which tracks satellites in orbit! You can follow along and see a live view of where Ray is in orbit! satcat.com
Incredibly exciting new to share! @InversionSpace has successfully completed a planned on-orbit software update on Ray! This is a much larger technical accomplishment that it may initially seem, especially on a first mission. Here's why its such a big deal:
A few pictures from when Ray launched to space last month. An amazing day for the whole Inversion team! Ray remains healthy and on track with it's mission!
First images back from Ray!
Last Wednesday, approximately 29 hours after separation, @InversionSpace received our first pictures from Ray on orbit. Commissioning of Ray so quickly, just over 1 day, is a major accomplishment for our first mission! Ray remains healthy with all systems functioning nominally.
Last Wednesday, approximately 29 hours after separation, @InversionSpace received our first pictures from Ray on orbit. Commissioning of Ray so quickly, just over 1 day, is a major accomplishment for our first mission! Ray remains healthy with all systems functioning nominally.
Ray is healthy and happy on orbit. All systems have performed as designed and our mission is proceeding nominally.
Ray is stable and healthy on orbit! Ray is power positive, has exceptional link margin, and has full attitude control. All systems are performing on orbit as designed, a major milestone and validation for @InversionSpace's first mission.
Ray is stable and healthy on orbit! Ray is power positive, has exceptional link margin, and has full attitude control. All systems are performing on orbit as designed, a major milestone and validation for @InversionSpace's first mission.
Ray has established stable communications with mission control at the very first opportunity of doing so. Incredible work by our FSW, GNC, Avionics and propulsion teams.
4 minutes and 21 seconds after separation from Falcon yesterday, Ray established and continues to maintain stable communications with Inversion Mission Control. This is a critical milestone, allowing the Inversion team to receive data and send commands to Ray.