Zero 2 Infinity

This article is about the Spanish aerospace company. For the 2000 album by Gong, see Zero to Infinity.
Zero 2 Infinity
Company typePrivate S.L.
IndustryAerospace
FoundedBarcelona, Spain
FounderJose Mariano López-Urdiales
Headquarters
Barberà del Vallès, Barcelona
,
Spain[1]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Jose Mariano López-Urdiales (CEO)
Products
Websitewww.zero2infinity.space
José Mariano López Urdiales in October 2019

Zero 2 Infinity (0II∞, sometimes rendered as Zero2Infinity) is a private Spanish company developing high-altitude balloons intended to provide access to near space and low Earth orbit using a balloon-borne pod and a balloon-borne launcher.

The company was founded in 2009 by aerospace engineer Jose Mariano López-Urdiales, the current CEO. It is headquartered in Barberà del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain.

Zero 2 Infinity has been testing high-altitude balloons and launching small payloads to high altitudes for scientific institutions and commercial firms for testing elements above most of the Earth's atmosphere. Their launch system has a significantly lower impact on the environment, an advantage over conventional systems. The company's pod named Bloon may also be used for tourism.[2] In late 2016, its CEO had suggested that commercial flights could take place as early as 2019.[3] As of 2020, the company aims to carry paying passengers to above 30 km altitude by 2021.[4]

  1. ^ "zero2infinity Company Information".
  2. ^ Betancourt, Mark (July 2015). "See The World From 100,000 Feet". Air & Space. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. ^ thelocal.es (5 November 2016). "Spain's Zero2Infinity to send tourists to space in two years". thelocal.es. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  4. ^ "From Andalusia to space: A zero-emissions odyssey". 30 January 2020.