Tag: Propulsion Systems
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L3Harris Technologies Completes NGI Rocket Motor Hot-Fire Test
L3Harris Technologies has completed a hot-fire test of its stage two advanced large solid rocket motor (SRM) for the Missile Defense Agency’s Next Generation Interceptor (NGI). L3Harris conducted the test as part of the Lockheed Martin team advancing the effort to support the nation’s homeland missile defense. The hot-fire test validated the system’s design integrity,…
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Aphelion Orbitals Advances Dedicated Launch Vehicle Solutions for Nanosatellites
Aphelion Orbitals is developing a family of launch vehicles designed to expand access to space for the nanosatellite market through cost-effective launch services. The company focuses on addressing one of the industry’s longstanding challenges, the limited availability of responsive launch opportunities for small satellites by developing launch systems optimized specifically for nanosatellite missions. The portfolio…
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Apex Advances Productized Satellite Bus Platforms for Proliferated Constellations
Apex is developing satellite bus platforms designed to enable proliferated constellations across LEO, MEO and GEO, with platforms supporting payloads of up to 3000 kg. The company’s approach uses pre-engineered configuration packages that can be adapted to a broad range of missions, allowing customers to configure spacecraft without developing an entirely new satellite bus for every…
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Voyager Awarded Raytheon Contract Supporting SM-3
Voyager Technologies has been awarded a contract by Raytheon, an RTX business, to advance propulsion technologies for the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptor family. The company will provide its solid controllable throttleable propulsion technology and divert, attitude and control systems (DACS) the precision subsystems that enable accuracy in the exo-atmospheric midcourse phase of flight. “Our propulsion…
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ABL Space Systems Advances Responsive Orbital Access with the RS1 Launch Vehicle
ABL Space Systems is developing the RS1 launch vehicle to provide deployable and high-cadence access to orbit for commercial, government and defense missions. Designed from the inception for operational simplicity and rapid deployment, RS1 combines a modular launch architecture, in-house propulsion technology and streamlined manufacturing processes to support responsive launch operations from a wide range…
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Impulse Space Advances Electra Electric Propulsion System
Electra has complemented Impulse’s chemical propulsion lineup, enabling customers to choose the appropriate in-space mobility technologies for their mission. The first chapter of human space activity has largely been defined by launch. Rockets are launched, payloads have reached orbit, and missions have officially begun. The next chapter in space has been characterized by what happens…
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SteamJet Space Systems Advances Green Satellite Propulsion with Water-Based SteamJet Thrusters
SteamJet Space Systems is advancing spacecraft propulsion through a portfolio of water-based electrothermal thrusters designed for CubeSats and small satellites. Headquartered in Canterbury, United Kingdom, the company develops propulsion systems that utilize water as a non-toxic propellant, providing satellite operators with an alternative to conventional chemical and electric propulsion technologies. The product portfolio including the…
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Venus Aerospace Advances Rocket Propulsion with Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine
Venus Aerospace is advancing next-generation propulsion through the Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE), a rocket engine architecture designed to improve efficiency, reduce manufacturing complexity and expand mission capabilities across space transportation, defense and high-speed flight applications. The company is focused on developing propulsion technologies that provides rotating detonation combustion to deliver higher performance than conventional…
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L3Harris Technologies Signs Framework to Quadruple THAAD Propulsion Production
L3Harris Technologies has signed a framework agreement with the Department of War and Lockheed Martin for a multi-year contract to quadruple propulsion production for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. This significant expansion in propulsion capacity further strengthens the nation’s Arsenal of Freedom, made possible through the Department of War’s Acquisition Transformation Strategy…
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Delivers Turbomachinery for Lockheed Martin Ramjet System
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a technology company in the defense, national security, and global markets, announced that it had developed, tested and delivered turbomachinery supporting the development of Lockheed Martin’s advanced ramjet propulsion system. Kratos had designed a compact, turbomachinery solution that had harnessed ram air energy to support propulsion system operations. This…