Ray is healthy and happy on orbit. All systems have performed as designed and our mission is proceeding nominally.

Last Wednesday, approximately 29 hours after separation, Inversion 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.

First images back from Ray!

Over the past month, Y Combinator startups have: ▸ broken the sound barrier ▸ launched four satellites into GEO ▸ launched three satellites into LEO

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!

The YC for deep tech is called Y Combinator. Inversion is a proud YC alum

How to make a parachute. Re-entering back to Earth soon.

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.

Some personal news... I’ve joined Inversion 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

Marty is one of the best engineering communication execs I have had the pleasure of working with. Inversion are lucky to have him!

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

Ray has been profoundly valuable to Inversion, with a ton of major successes! We had a very ambitious first mission, building both a re-entry capsule and a fully maneuverable spacecraft from scratch. Ray's on-orbit operations have been close to flawless, which is a testament to

Next week we’ll be sharing more details about Inversion’s Ray mission. A lot to be very proud of for first flight!

Excited to share more about Ray’s mission tomorrow! Planning to share a fair about of engineering details too.

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.

For even more on Ray's mission, Co-Founder and CTO, Austin Briggs, wrote a technical deep-dive. Read it here: medium.com/inversion-spac…

As an engineer, I’ve always loved learning about other programs. This Medium post on Ray’s mission is written with that in mind. Reply with any questions and I’ll answer as much as I can!

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