Ray

Overview

The 20-inch pathfinder capsule that flew Inversion's first orbital mission on SpaceX's Transporter-12 in January 2025. It validated avionics, solar power, the propulsion system, and an in-house separation mechanism on orbit, but a short circuit prevented the deorbit engine from igniting, so the planned reentry and recovery never happened. Its flight data underpins the Arc design.

Flew January 2025; subsystems validated on orbit, reentry objective not achieved