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Propulsion

Ball Aerospace Sails into Space With Test “Sailcraft” for NASA’s Solar Propulsion Technology Demonstration

February 11, 2021

Ball Aerospace has been selected by NASA to provide a solar sail for the Solar Cruiser mission. The spacecraft will deploy an 18,000-square-foot sail — roughly the size of four […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Analysis / Reports, Propulsion

Momentus To Provide Orbital Maneuvering Services To Qosmosys

January 21, 2021

Momentus Inc. (“Momentus” or the “Company”) and Qosmosys, a new venture founded in Singapore last year, have announced a service agreement for two 3UXL protoflight cubesats in 2022, followed by […]

Filed Under: Propulsion, SmallSat

Iodine Propulsion Proven Viable For Smallsats In Space By ThrustMe + Spacety

January 18, 2021

The space industry seeks new solutions to ensure economic and environmental space sustainability with the rise of satellite mega-constellations. A solution lies in the use of on-orbit propulsion, but traditional […]

Filed Under: Engines / Thrusters, Propulsion, SmallSat Tagged With: Featured

Space Mobility On-Orbit Demo Success By Exotrail

January 14, 2021

Exotrail reports the full success of the first-ever cubesat mission equipped with Hall-effect electric propulsion technology. Through an In-Orbit Demonstration mission launched to LEO on November 7, 2020, onboard a […]

Filed Under: Engines / Thrusters, Propulsion, SmallSat Tagged With: Featured

Iodine Electric Propulsion To Become A Critical Subsystem For SAR Constellations

January 3, 2021

ThrustMe and Spacety have announced a new space launch, the 3rd in an ongoing series — this time, Spacety launched their Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite, Hisea-1, which is the […]

Filed Under: Engines / Thrusters, Propulsion, SAR, SmallSat

Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Powerful Contribution to ULA’s Launch of National Reconnaissance Office Payload

December 13, 2020

The force that sends a rocket into space is amazing, and Aerojet Rocketdyne did just that. Aerojet Rocketdyne powered the recent successful launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta […]

Filed Under: Launch, Propulsion

Relativity Space Receives $500 Million In Funding

November 24, 2020

Relativity Space has closed a $500 million Series D equity funding round, which was led by Tiger Global Management with participation from new investors Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC, […]

Filed Under: Funding, Propulsion

Orbit Fab’s First Operational Gas Station In Space To Launch In 2021

November 16, 2020

Orbit Fab has signed an agreement with Spaceflight Inc. to launch the company’s first operational fuel depot to orbit. Tanker 001 Tenzing, which will provide fuel for the fast growing […]

Filed Under: Propulsion, SmallSat

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