Morpheus Space is a space mobility company that specializes in developing electric propulsion systems for small satellites. As a manufacturer, they provide modular and scalable Field Emission Electric Propulsion (FEEP) systems, including their GO-2 thruster, designed for collision avoidance, station keeping, and deorbiting. The company partners with organizations across the space industry to enhance its offerings and promote interoperability, counting NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory among its collaborators. Morpheus Space aims to enable more sustainable and flexible satellite operations in the burgeoning space economy.
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Morpheus Space did not win the Air Force contract directly but won it as part of a team with a U.S. firm.
Morpheus Space is preparing to open an office in Los Angeles in 2020.
Morpheus demonstrated its Nano Field Effect Electric Propulsion (NanoFEEP) thruster in orbit for the first time earlier 2019 on the University Würzburg Experimental-4 cubesat.
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory plans to purchase Morpheus thrusters to test and qualify them for future NASA missions.
On 2019-02-26 engineers fired Morpheus Space's 160-gram Nano Field Effect Electric Propulsion (NanoFEEP) thruster for the first time on the University of Würzburg Experimental-4 (UWE-4) cubesat.
Exos Aerospace plans to develop a small orbital launch vehicle called Jaguar based on technology developed for SARGE and software licensed from NASA’s Morpheus lander technology demonstration program.
Jaguar will build on technology developed for SARGE and will use flight code developed by NASA for the Morpheus lander obtained through a Space Act Agreement.
Exos Aerospace is working with Intuitive Machines, C-Squared Systems, Helios, and XISP, Inc. to modify Morpheus flight code to work on its vehicles.