What will it take to build orbital megastructures like O'Neill Cylinders and Dyson Spheres? It starts with a gas stations on Mars. Check out this episode of Valley of Depth from Arkaea Media Group with our CEO, Halen Mattison that covers the story of General Galactic, how we're building for tomorrow, and our long term plans for expanding human presence across the solar system. https://lnkd.in/gdH6pZms
General Galactic
Space Research and Technology
El Segundo, CA 6,258 followers
Revolutionizing spacecraft mobility
About us
General Galactic is a deep-tech startup manufacturing platforms for space mobility and propellant generation.
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https://gengalactic.com/
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- Industry
- Space Research and Technology
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- El Segundo, CA
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- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2023
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Last week, China's SJ-21A and SJ-25 separated, hinting that the first operational in-space refueling event is complete: https://lnkd.in/gd_tfEPg
We get asked a lot about what China is up to in space. In short, a lot more than you may realize. I've written a short primer based on open source information. We're working on new spacecraft to counter these activities, but there's a lot more work to be done in order to stay in the competition. I have some thoughts on how we should build for what's coming. https://lnkd.in/g9VgvjiC
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We're testing novel space hardware on a daily basis at General Galactic, each prototype and test pushes the boundaries of the what's possible in spaceflight. Follow us on LinkedIn and on X (https://x.com/gengalactic) for more updates to come!
It's all in the details. There's a fine line between hardware development and art, and when you're pushing the limits of what's possible you tend to cross that line a lot. If you can tell what these components are, you should come work for us: gengalactic.com Anyone have a guess?
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Thank you to Halen Mattison and the General Galactic team for the support throughout our USC senior design project. Your guidance and insights into water electrolysis propulsion meant a lot to us. Appreciate you all for helping us grow as engineers!
Congratulations to the University of Southern California water propulsion team on a really impressive test! Earlier this week they conducted their first hot fire -- the video is awesome (turn the audio on if you want to smile). Earlier this year I met this team and we've followed along at General Galactic while sharing learnings from building our first water electrolysis engines. Super impressive work and awesome to spend time with the future engineers building towards this game-changing concept for spaceflight: Nathan Huynh JC Garcia Ziyan Sultan Joaquin Phillips
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Satellites are becoming more like aircraft, and that’s a great thing. https://lnkd.in/gter8uak
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🚀 Have you listened to the latest episode of Generation Space featuring General Galactic’s Co-Founders? Check out this snippet of Halen Mattison as he discusses the mobility layer's market opportunity, and how propulsion forms a critical part of that wider infrastructure. From improving the speed, sustainability and affordability of launches to transforming carbon emissions into climate solutions, General Galactic is helping shape the future of the mobility layer through next-gen propulsion. 🎧 Catch the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/dk3QZdxf #SpaceTech #Propulsion #MobilityInfrastructure #GenerationSpace #SeraphimSpace #DeepTech
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Check out this episode of Generation Space, with our friends at Seraphim!
🎙️ New episode of Generation Space is live! In this conversation, host Leah Martin sits down with General Galactic Co-Founders Halen Mattison and Luke Neise alongside investor Lucas Bishop, to dive into the future of propulsion. 🚀 From making space launches faster, cleaner, and more affordable, to reimagining CO₂ as a climate solution here on Earth, General Galactic is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. 🎧 Listen now: https://lnkd.in/dk3QZdxf #SpaceTech #ClimateTech #Propulsion #VentureCapital #DeepTech #GenerationSpace #SeraphimSpace
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Startups tend to avoid hardware test failures at all costs. But to build truly great hardware, you must embrace failure as part of the iterative process. Our CEO Halen Mattison talked about how we use data from test failures to build better spacecraft engines in a recent interview with Ti Morse. You can watch the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/g7eaD8pv
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What does the orbital superhighway look like? Last week we welcomed a select group of engineers, founders, and investors to our headquarters as part of #LATechWeek to talk about that question, and share more of our plans for the future. The General Galactic team was joined by panelists Will Heltsley (fmr VP of Propulsion at SpaceX), Sirisha Bandla (fmr VP Gov't Affairs at Virgin Galactic and commercial astronaut), and Vincent Werner (Director of Stage Engineering at Relativity and fmr 14-yr SpaceX engineer) to share their learnings of building the space industry into what it is today.
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