Neumann Space, provider of in-space electric propulsion based in Australia, announced that they have successfully completed the initial testing of the Neumann Drive® ND-50 on the EDISON Satellite. The EDISON […]
Electric Propulsion
K2 Space’s double good news, $110M Series B and first successful in-space demonstration
K2 Space today announced its $110 million Series B to ramp up mass production of its multi-orbit, high power satellite platform. The funding round, co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Altimeter […]
Rocket Lab is back and scheduled to launch IoT 4 You on Sunday
Rocket lab has rescheduled the IoT 4 you to Sunday, February 8/9 from Rocket Lab’s private orbital launch site, Launch Complex 1, in New Zealand on Saturday at 12:43 PM […]
SpaceX to launch Thuraya 4-NGS on Thursday
SpaceX is scheduled to launch Thuraya 4-NGS at 5:27 PM – 9:53 PM PST from Space Launch complex 40, at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Thuraya 4-NGS is a communication satellite being […]
Phase Four announces monopropellant multi-mode propulsion systems
Phase Four, a leading provider of next-generation electric propulsion (EP) solutions for satellites, announced the planned commercialization of their monopropellant multi-mode capability. Using their Maxwell Block III, Phase Four meets […]
Safran boosts production of advanced satellite propulsion systems in the U.S.
Safran Electronics & Defense is building its U.S. manufacturing capabilities for small satellite propulsion systems to meet the increasing demand in the commercial and defense sectors. This strategic initiative will […]
Magdrive and D-Orbit collaborate to test their electrical propulsion system
On the first day of the Small Satellite Conference in Logan, Utah, Magdrive, a space startup focusing on innovative electrical propulsion systems, and D-Orbit, provider in the space logistics industry, announced a collaboration […]
Lilium successfully tests their eVTOL electric jet propulsion system
Lilium N.V. (Nasdaq: LILM), has completed the first series of tests of its electric jet propulsion unit — for the first time, the electric engines were taken up to maximum […]
Neutron Star Systems + RFA sign agreement for demo mission
Neutron Star Systems UG and Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) have jointly signed an agreement for launching a demonstrator mission into LEO. RFA will launch Neutron Star Systems demonstrator mission […]
Benchmark electric propulsion thrusters on-orbit + poised for 1st firing
Benchmark Space Systems has revealed the firm’s Xantus™ electric propulsion system has successfully deployed and will undergo subsystem health check and operational verification, including a range of firing modes, aboard […]