# Epic Aerospace

> Epic Aerospace builds Orbit Transfer Vehicles - small chemical space tugs that pick up satellites from crowded rideshare drop-offs and ferry them to their actual working orbits, from LEO to GEO and beyond. Founded in 2018 by Ignacio Belieres Montero, the company runs its engineering and manufacturing out of Argentina with a U.S. headquarters, and put its first GEO-class vehicle, CHIMERA GEO 1, into space aboard SpaceX in early 2025.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** Los Altos, California, United States (engineering & manufacturing in Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- **Founders:** Ignacio Belieres Montero (CEO & Founder)
- **Team size:** ~33
- **Products:** CHIMERA LEO 1, CHIMERA GEO 1, Orbit Transfer Vehicles (OTV) line, End-to-end mission support
- **Notable:** Graduated Y Combinator Summer 2019 batch., Flew CHIMERA LEO 1 on SpaceX Transporter-6 (January 2023)., Launched CHIMERA GEO 1 on SpaceX with Intuitive Machines IM-2 (February 2025) - reported as the first Argentine-built geostationary-class transfer vehicle.

## Products & services

- **CHIMERA LEO 1** — First-generation orbit transfer vehicle, demonstrated on SpaceX Transporter-6, designed to mature core propulsion, avionics, and structures.
- **CHIMERA GEO 1** — High-energy OTV with 1.7+ km/s of delta-v, capable of moving payloads from low Earth orbit toward geostationary orbit. Launched February 2025 on SpaceX with Intuitive Machines IM-2.
- **Orbit Transfer Vehicles (OTV) line** — A modular family of chemical space tugs for satellite last-mile delivery, constellation deployment, and on-orbit servicing.
- **End-to-end mission support** — Spacecraft design, integration, launch coordination, orbital deployment, and on-orbit operations.

## Achievements

- Graduated Y Combinator Summer 2019 batch.
- Flew CHIMERA LEO 1 on SpaceX Transporter-6 (January 2023).
- Launched CHIMERA GEO 1 on SpaceX with Intuitive Machines IM-2 (February 2025) - reported as the first Argentine-built geostationary-class transfer vehicle.
- Reached ~$4M+ annualized revenue with a team of ~33.

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — CHIMERA GEO 1 launched aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 as a rideshare on the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission.
- **2023-09** — GomSpace announced an order from Epic Aerospace for OTV avionics.
- **2023-01** — CHIMERA LEO 1 deployed on SpaceX Transporter-6.

## Links

- Website: https://epic-aerospace.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/epic-aerospace/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/epicaerospace
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7A_4ROQ0QngOgEW7SK7jhg
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/epicaerospace/

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