SAN FRANCISCO – French propulsion startup Ion-X raised 13 million euros ($13.67 million) in a Series A funding round announced Dec. 10. With the investment, the spinoff of the French […]

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SAN FRANCISCO – The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Benchmark Space Systems $4.9 million to develop propulsion systems for ASCENT monopropellant. The two-year award announced Sept. 5 covers development of […]

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LOGAN, Utah — Benchmark Space Systems announced a strategic partnership Aug. 5 with startup Starlight Engines. Under the agreement announced at the Small Satellite Conference here, Benchmark will offer hybrid […]

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LAS VEGAS — Dawn Aerospace unveiled a docking and refueling port for the company’s SatDrive propulsion systems. The Docking and Fluid Transfer port will help Dawn customers gain access to […]

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SAN FRANCISCO – Morpheus Space is ramping up electric propulsion production in its new Dresden, Germany, factory. In the 1,260-square-meter factory, Morpheus will initially produce 100 GO-2 Field Emission Electric […]

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ExoTerra Resources raised $8 million to expand production of microsatellite propulsion systems.

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Phase Four’s Maxwell Block 2 radio-frequency thruster has been demonstrated on a commercial satellite.

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Benchmark Space Systems won a $2.81 million U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory contract to continue development and testing of thrusters running on Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-Toxic, ASCENT, fuel.

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ExoTerra Resources has demonstrated its first Halo Hall-effect thrusters in orbit on DARPA Blackjack satellites.

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In-space propulsion specialist Busek said that more than 100 of the company’s BHT-350 Hall-effect thrusters are operating in orbit on OneWeb communications satellites.

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Japanese startup Pale Blue announced a contract Aug. 7 to supply water vapor thrusters for South Korea’s Yonsei University.

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Benchmark Space Systems intends to offer satellite operators the type of driver assistance popular in automobiles.

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Benchmark Space Systems announced contracts to sell around two dozen metal plasma thrusters based on technology the Burlington, Vermont-based startup acquired last year.

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In-space propulsion specialist Busek revealed its role in helping OneWeb recover from the sudden loss of Fakel satellite thrusters after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

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Benchmark Space Systems has nearly tripled its staff and established manufacturing facilities to produce as many as 1,000 engines in the United States and United Kingdom over five years.

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Propulsion startup Phase Four is expanding its Maxwell plasma propulsion line by offering Max-V, an iodine-fueled engine.

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ExoTrail won a contract worth “several million euros” to perform an orbital logistics mission for French institutions.

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Spire Global is adding propulsion to its multipurpose Lemur satellite constellation.

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With recent grants from government agencies, Dawn Aerospace is refining its nitrous-based satellite propulsion technology.

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Benchmark Space Systems unveiled a collision avoidance kit designed to help small satellites dodge debris and steer clear of other spacecraft.

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Benchmark Space Systems announced plans Aug. 8 to acquire Alameda Applied Science Corp.’s electric propulsion technologies, and to begin offering customers hybrid chemical-electric propulsion systems.

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Propulsion startup Orbion Space Technology will supply thrusters for a U.S. Space Force prototype weather satellite under a contract with General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems.

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Benchmark Space Systems announced plans May 24 to produce engines in the United Kingdom and to work with U.K. startup Space Forge to develop reusable chemical propulsion systems.

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Phase Four won a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract to demonstrate the California startup’s radio frequency thruster technology with a new propellant.

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