How did Impulse Space Rigel do on X?
Impulse Space posted the Rigel launch from @GoToImpulse on Apr 23, 2026. The post has 35,819 views, 583 likes, 64 reposts, 7 quotes and 12 replies, an engagement rate of 1.86%. It ranks #2312 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Meet Rigel, our new 200 lbf class engine designed to power the layer between precision maneuvering and high-energy transport. Rigel combines deep throttleability, unlimited restarts, and long duration burns to deliver the missions defining the future of space operations: ✔️Landers ✔️ Rendezvous & proximity ops (RPO) ✔️ High delta-v maneuvers ✔️ Multi-phase missions From Earth orbits to lunar exploration, Rigel fires when reliability is not optional. Read more: https://www.impulsespace.com/updates/meet-rigel-powering-the-next-layer-of-in-space-mobility
- 20%the median launch175K median views
- #2312of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 1.4xits own following25,142 followers
- Views
- 35.8K
- Likes
- 583
- Reposts
- 64
- Quotes
- 7
- Replies
- 12
- Bookmarks
- 49
What would these views cost to buy?
At $100 per 1,000 views, the rate a brand pays an agency charging $100K for one million views, 35.8K views would cost $4K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 28x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 1.4 views for every follower of @GoToImpulse.
What launched?
Impulse Space introduced Rigel, a 200 lbf class engine with deep throttleability and unlimited restarts for landers, rendezvous and high delta-v maneuvers.
How does it compare with other launches?
Impulse Space Rigel has more views than 19% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 20% of the median launch's 175K views.
- Impulse Space Rigel35.8K
- Median tracked launch175K
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| Metric | Impulse Space Rigel | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 35.8K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 1.86% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 1.4 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 7 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 13.7 | 14.2 |
Other Impulse Space launches we track: Impulse Space Helios (436.2K views). All 2 Impulse Space launches, or every hardware launch.
Against launches like it
A launch only means something against comparable ones. These are the groups it belongs to, and where it sits in each.
| Compared with | Launches | Median views | This one | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware launches | 98 | 281K | 13% | #89 |
| Accounts 10K to 100K followers | 1,135 | 99.4K | 36% | #809 |
| Image launch posts | 620 | 143.1K | 25% | #494 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 20% | #2312 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 25.1K followers, the post reached 1.4 times the account's following. Launches from accounts 10K to 100K followers reach a median of 3.1 times their following, so this one went about 46% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 809 of 1135 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 7 quote posts, 2.0 per 10,000 views against a median of 1.7. More people than usual added their own take, and a quote post is what carries a launch to audiences the account does not have.
The first line is "Meet Rigel, our new 200 lbf class engine designed to power the layer between precision maneuvering and high-energy transport.". The post runs 68 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with an image: image launches have a median of 143.1K views, against 186.1K for the rest.
There is a link in the post. Launch posts with a link have a median of 160.8K views in the tracker.
It went out on a Thursday (UTC). Thursday launches have a median of 162.1K views; the strongest day is Tuesday at 192.3K.
Every comparison is against the 2839 launches in the tracker, read on Nov 14, 2026. Medians, not averages. See the state of launches on X for the full breakdown.
Questions about this launch
- What is Impulse Space?
- In its own words on X: "Accelerating our future beyond Earth #MobilizeSpace" Impulse Space posted the Rigel launch from @GoToImpulse on Apr 23, 2026.
- How many views did Impulse Space Rigel get on X?
- 35,819 views. Impulse Space posted it from @GoToImpulse on Apr 23, 2026, and the post has 583 likes, 64 reposts, 7 quotes, 12 replies and 49 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Impulse Space Rigel a big launch on X?
- It ranks #2312 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 19% of them and 20% of the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 1.86%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 35.8K views on X cost to buy?
- At $100 per 1,000 views, the rate a brand pays an agency charging $100K for one million views, 35.8K views would cost $4K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 28x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/impulse-space-rigel, read from the post on X on Nov 14, 2026. Free to cite with a link (CC BY 4.0). Get every launch as JSON.