Sidus Space Selects Propulsion Technology for LizzieSat
Sidus Space has announced an agreement with Dawn Aerospace to implement its green, chemical propulsion technology into LizzieSat.
"We believe Dawn’s turnkey propulsion technology will allow us to extend our time in orbit and deliver on our future value proposition of providing space-based data to a multitude of industries.”
Carol Craig, Sidus Space Founder and CEO.
Dawn is a space transportation company, specializing in non-toxic chemical satellite propulsion and sustainable space launch. Dawn has provided in-space propulsion products – used to propel satellites – to customers globally since 2019.
“We are excited to partner with Dawn Aerospace on this important feature for our LizzieSat constellation. We believe Dawn’s turnkey propulsion technology will allow us to extend our time in orbit and deliver on our future value proposition of providing space-based data to a multitude of industries,” said Carol Craig, Sidus Space Founder and CEO.
“We look forward to partnering with Sidus Space to enable propulsion for their missions,” said Jeroen Wink, Dawn Co-founder. “Sidus is one of many customers we are providing propulsion to as demand for space products and services continues to grow.”
Sidus Space LizzieSat Size Allows for use of Novel Propulsion Technology
Among the novel characteristics of Sidus Space’s proprietary LizzieSat is that its size allows Sidus to include propulsion and provide precision pointing and maneuvering otherwise not available to smaller cubesats. Additionally, propulsion provides a longer life on orbit which means continued data transfer and revenue opportunity. Each LizzieSat is 100kg (≈220 pounds) with approximately 20kg (≈44 pounds) dedicated to payloads including remote sensing instruments. The larger mass also allows design for redundancy and reliability into the spacecraft.
The LizzieSat satellite offers cost-effective access to space with multi-customer payload availability. LizzieSat seamlessly links with the Sidus Constellation leveraging full-service access capable of enhancing the collection and intelligent analysis of your space-borne data, returning richer, more precise data Down-to-Earth in less time.
Sidus Space has a broad range of Space-As-a-Service offerings including space-rated hardware manufacturing, design engineering, satellite manufacturing and platform development, launch and support services, data analytics services and satellite constellation management.
Dawn Aerospace is a supplier of turnkey green propulsion systems for NanoSat, MicroSat, ESPA, and ESPA Grande-class satellites. Dawn is also active in reusable launch vehicle development, with an active test flight program of the Mk-II Aurora spaceplane demonstrator, with 30+ flights completed.
(Source: Sidus Space news release. Images from file)