Former Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond has joined the board of in-space transportation company Impulse Space. The California-based company, founded in 2021, develops orbital transport vehicles, which transfer spacecraft into different orbits. In January, SpaceWERX chose Impulse to support its tactically responsive space efforts. Raymond was the first chief of space operations, leading the Space Force from 2019 to 2022, overseeing the pursuit of tactically responsive space operations. Impulse’s contracts with SpaceWERX center on rapid refueling operations and further development of its Helios engine. Since retiring from the military, Raymond has joined private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management and is a board member at Axiom Space.
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