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Zenno Astronautics + Faraday Factory partner to electrify space

April 9, 2024

 Zenno’s Z01™ SuperTorquer lifted off on its first space launch on December 1, 2023, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Launch photo is courtesy of SpaceX.

Zenno Astronautics (Zenno) and Faraday Factory have partnered to collaborate on the development of bespoke high-temperature superconductor (HTS) magnets for space applications.

Zenno and Faraday Factory Japan will combine their respective technologies and fields of expertise to develop a high-temperature superconductor (HTS) magnet product that uniquely suits space. Faraday Factory will manufacture the bespoke space HTS tape to conduct electrical currents with zero electrical resistance and an extremely high current density of several hundred amperes per square millimeter. Zenno will implement the new technology in its superconducting magnet platform, designed to enable reliable, scalable, and fully electric space applications – including on-orbit satellite maneuverability to radiation shielding – for close proximity operations and farther afield.

Zenno co-founder and CEO Max Arshavsky said, “Zenno is excited to join forces with Faraday Factory to create game-changing superconducting electromagnet technology to take to space. Our mission is to electrify space and fuel-free technologies are what the space industry needs to open up new possibilities for satellite and spacecraft design and mission length. Zenno was the first company to take superconducting electromagnets to space, so working with Faraday Factory on bespoke superconducting magnetic systems is an important next step. HTS technology is already being embraced by other industries to decarbonize and improve, and we want the space industry to be the next industry to benefit.”

Faraday Factory Japan CEO Dr Sergey Lee said, “Faraday Factory is cooperating with Zenno to improve mankind’s capabilities in space with new HTS-based technologies. As it always has been, advancements in space will improve millions of lives down here on Earth. In the frame of our cooperation, we will bring in our leading competence and expertise in HTS tape technology to improve Zenno’s space-related devices. Space will always be a place for the most advanced, most ahead-of-time technologies; that’s why using or not using HTS for space is out of the question for us. High-temperature superconductors are materials that alter the track of technology development – and we share the belief with our partners that this will happen in space technologies, too. We are excited to be on this way with our partner Zenno, which in December 2023 became the first company to take the HTS magnet system to space.”

Filed Under: Electromagnetic, Faraday Factory (Japan), High-Temperature Superconductor (HTS) Magnets, News, Zenno Astronautics

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