GATE Space, founded in 2022, is an Austrian startup and space tech company that develops green chemical in-space propulsion solutions for small satellites, enabling in-space mobility. Their primary product is the GATE Jetpack, a plug-and-play propulsion system that allows satellites to maneuver in orbit for collision avoidance, precise positioning, and mission reconfiguration. GATE Space aims to offer cost-effective, flexible, and sustainable mobility solutions, using non-toxic green propellants.
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Moritz Novak is CEO and cofounder of GATE Space.
GATE Space views the Beaconsat project as reinforcing the European space industry and its strategic and technological autonomy.
GATE Space is responsible for Beaconsat’s chemical propulsion system, thermal control system, and structural subsystem.
GATE Space develops green chemical propulsion systems that use nitrous oxide and ethane.
GATE Space is a 27-person spin-off from the Technical University of Vienna.
For BEACONSAT, GATE Space is developing the propulsion, thermal control, and structural subsystems.
The Austrian government selected GATE Space as the prime contractor for BEACONSAT, marking GATE Space’s first time serving as a prime contractor.
GATE Space partnered with Austrian startup IGASPIN to provide the GNSS signal processing payload for BEACONSAT.
GATE Space partnered with Danish company Space Inventor to provide the avionics and spacecraft bus for BEACONSAT.
The ASTRAL consortium includes Orbit Fab, KISPE Space Systems, Gate Space Innovation GmbH, Blackswan Space, and Indra Deimos.
Consortium partners include KISPE Space Systems, Gate Space Innovation, Blackswan Space, and Indra Deimos, who will help design and develop supporting technologies for the ASTRAL mission.