CHIMERA GEO-1 was reported to have lost command after deployment and to have gone to solar orbit rather than completing the planned GEO transfer.
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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Epic Aerospace is a privately held aerospace startup building CHIMERA orbital transfer vehicles / space tugs for moving satellites from rideshare drop-off orbits to LEO, GEO, and beyond. Public sources disagree on some details (especially HQ, headcount, and total funding), so the fields below reflect the best-supported public evidence.
Primary product
CHIMERA orbital transfer vehicles (space tugs)
Founded
2019
Headquarters
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Team size
30-40
Industry
Aviation & Aerospace
Sub-industry
In-space transportation / orbital transfer vehicles
Offices
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Business model
Leadership
CEO & Founder
Finance & Operations
Structures Engineer
Propulsion Engineer
Testing Operations
Test Site Engineer
AOCS Engineer
Investors
Public pages describe the team as engineers, programmers, and builders passionate about space infrastructure, with an engineering-heavy builder culture focused on fast, inexpensive, scalable access to space.
Pricing
Published flyaway pricing for CHIMERA blocks plus custom mission contracts
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Approximately $2.6M-$4.2M annual revenue (third-party estimates vary)
Estimated monthly visits
1.4K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
CHIMERA GEO-1 was reported to have lost command after deployment and to have gone to solar orbit rather than completing the planned GEO transfer.
SourceLa Letra P · Mar 2026
The article highlights government support for Epic Aerospace, visits to its Ezeiza testing site, and cooperation agreements, while also discussing broader Argentine space-sector policy tensions.
SatNow · Mar 2026
A 2026 profile on the Chimera family says Epic is expanding modular orbital transfer vehicles, including LEO and GEO variants with larger payload capacities and deeper-space mission support.
Argentina.gob.ar · Feb 2025
Official Argentine government coverage says Epic Aerospace successfully launched a space tug on the NASA/SpaceX IM-2 mission and describes the company’s role in moving small satellites to precise orbits.
SatNews · Feb 2025
The IM-2 launch article lists Epic Aerospace’s CHIMERA GEO 1 among the ride-share payloads on the Falcon 9 mission and frames it as a transfer spacecraft headed toward geostationary orbit.
GomSpace · Sep 2023
GomSpace announced a €318,000 order from Epic Aerospace for products and subsystems used in the company’s space tug control system.