ThrustMe is a deep tech company and provider of advanced in-orbit propulsion systems, founded in 2017. They specialize in miniaturized aerospace thrusters for small satellites, particularly those using iodine as a propellant, increasing satellite lifespan and affordability. Their products include gridded ion thrusters and cold gas thrusters, with key partners including Airbus Defence and Space, ESA, and CNES. ThrustMe aims to enable economic and environmental sustainability in the space industry through innovative mobility solutions for satellites.
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NorSat-TD will test an iodine-fueled electric propulsion thruster developed by French startup ThrustMe to change the satellite’s orbit.
ThrustMe tested the NPT30-I2-1U during two 90-minute burns in late December 2020 and early January 2021.
A further ThrustMe demonstration is planned aboard the GOMspace GOMx-5 mission in 2022-04-01.
ThrustMe plans two in-orbit demonstrations of its 1.5U propulsion unit, with the first demonstration scheduled for 2021.
ThrustMe and Spacety first collaborated in 2019 on the I2T5 non-pressurized cold gas thruster aboard Xiaoxiang-1 (08) CubeSat.
ThrustMe’s NPT30-I2-1U propulsion system performed a first on-orbit burn on 2020-12-28.
The European Space Agency supported the development of ThrustMe’s NPT30-I2-1U through the ARTES C&G program funded by France.
ThrustMe’s NPT30-I2-1U propulsion system performed a second on-orbit burn on 2021-01-02.
ThrustMe successfully tested an iodine-fueled electric propulsion system in space aboard the Spacety Beihangkongshi-1 satellite.
Spacety and ThrustMe completed commissioning of an on-orbit demonstration of iodine electric propulsion a month before Hisea-1’s launch and planned longer thruster firings thereafter.
ThrustMe’s iodine electric propulsion on Hisea-1 provides orbit maintenance, collision avoidance, and de-orbiting capability at end of life.
ThrustMe worked with Spacety for over one and a half years testing its propulsion solutions prior to Hisea-1 deployment.
Hisea-1 carries an iodine electric propulsion system developed by French startup ThrustMe.
ThrustMe is preparing to conduct an in-orbit demonstration of an iodine electric propulsion system on a 12-unit Spacety cubesat launched 2020-11-06 at 10:19 Eastern time on a Chinese Long March 6 rocket.
ThrustMe previously tested critical technologies for iodine storage, delivery, and sublimation on Spacety’s Xiaoxiang 1-08 satellite as part of an in-orbit demonstration of its I2T5 iodine cold gas thruster.
ThrustMe tested iodine storage, delivery, and sublimation technologies on Spacety’s Xiaoxiang 1(08) satellite as part of an in-orbit demonstration of the I2T5 iodine cold gas thruster in the prior year.
In 2019 ThrustMe tested a cold gas thruster based on the iodine propellant storage subsystem of its electric thruster on a Spacety satellite.
BEIHANGKONGSHI-1 carries a ThrustMe NPT30-I2 electric propulsion system that uses iodine propellant.
Spacety has ordered several of ThrustMe’s NPT30-I2 propulsion systems for its upcoming Synthetic Aperture Radar constellation that Spacety intends to start deploying 2020.
ThrustMe will demonstrate its NPT30 miniaturized electric propulsion system on the GomSpace GOMX-5 ESA mission scheduled to launch in 2021.