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 […]
Metal Plasma Thrusters
4 Geo satellites have problems
Avanti Communications and YahSat have issues with their orbiting satellites. There are also reports that two so-called Space Tugs are also suffering problems. The insurance industry, already reeling from problems […]
Benchmark raises million$$ + moves to new HQ with world-class test + mfg. capabilities
Benchmark Space Systems has raised $33 million in Series B funding and has moved the firm’s headquarters to facilities that feature state-of-the-art testing systems plus 4x manufacturing capacity. The funding […]
Xantus metal plasma thruster delivered ahead of schedule
A flight-ready, Benchmark Space Systems, Xantus unit destined for Orion Space Solutions’ EWS (Electro Optical Weather System) mission was delivered last month – six days early. After going through acceptance […]
Benchmark Space Systems fires up metal plasma + bi-prop thruster production + realigns executive team
Benchmark Space Systems has signed contracts for nearly two dozen, new, electric metal plasma thrusters (MPTs), with some set to play a key role in upcoming, unnamed, in-space servicing, assembly […]
Endurosat’s Platform-2’s launch includes Magdrive’s ‘Operation Get It Up’ high-power electric plasma thruster in orbit
Endurosat‘s Shared Mission, Platform-2 has been successfully launched into orbit on SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 Transporter-6 mission. Safe deployment confirmed, and the commissioning has started. Platform-2 is the first of multiple […]
Metal plasma thruster tech’s role in hybrid mobility packages from AASC now part of Benchmark Space’s propulsion systems
With hybrid vehicle sales at an all-time high on Earth, Benchmark Space Systems has a definitive agreement to acquire Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation (AASC)’s electric propulsion technologies to help power […]