New Electric Propulsion Thrusters Poised for First Fire

Benchmark Space Systems Thruster Launched on Transporter-10 Mission

The next-gen Xantus electric propulsion system developed by Benchmark Space Systems has successfully deployed and will undergo subsystem health check and operational verification, including a range of firing modes aboard mission prime Orion Space Solutions’ 12U cubesat in low Earth orbit.

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