Enpulsion @ Nanosats Database

Company name	Enpulsion
Products Services	Propulsion (Thruster)
Headquarters	Austria
Established	2016
Funding	$4M
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Oneliner	ENPULSION GmbH is a space tech company based in Austria. Founded in 2016, it has quickly become a dominant player in the space industry selling one of the most advanced propulsion solutions for small sats to a large number of worldwide satellite platform integrators. Our unique modular solutions offer to satellite manufacturers high performance at a low cost, enabling the exploration of the Solar System and the democratization of space.
Notes	First module tested on Planet TurboDove CubeSat. CubeSat Industry Days 2023 - In 2018 the NANO thruster was the first Field Emission Electric Propulsion (FEEP) system to be verified in space in an IOD mission conducted together with FOTEC. Since then, 160 additional ENPULSION NANO propulsion systems have been launched on 73 different spacecraft across multiple customers and missions. These missions included a wide range of satellite sizes and different orbits, providing an abundance of on orbit data for statistical analysis and development of successor products. Some of these successor products have now been validated in orbit, including the MICRO R3 and the NANO AR3, featuring increased power and added thrust vector capability respectively. 5 NANO AR3 have been launched to date. We will present flight telemetry data of ENPULSION NANO systems and onorbit statistical data of the ENPULSION NANO. We present the status of ongoing development and qualification campaigns for the new updated products of the R3 propulsion system lines. GS-1, a 16U satellite manufactured by Space Inventor, is the smallest satellite ever to go to geostationary orbit. It is utilizing the ENPULSION NANO AR³ thruster Four ENPULSION NANO propulsion systems were shipped to The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) for their DiskSat demonstration mission which is expected to be ready to fly by the end of 2024. Plan-S has signed a contract with ENPULSION to supply their CONNECTA IoT constellation with electric propulsion systems. SPiN and ENPULSION signed a contract to deliver ENPULSION’s Engineering Models to support SPiN’s effort to design and develop a Modular Avionics Test Bench on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA). EnduroSat orders 100 Enpulsion propulsion systems, 2024-11-25. The first 30 propulsion systems are scheduled for delivery within the next 12 months, including an initial batch due before the end of 2024.
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Last modified: 2024-12-14