Bradford Space is a space technology company specializing in spacecraft propulsion systems, avionics, and related components. As a manufacturer, they provide solutions like attitude and orbit control systems, pressure transducers, and water-based propulsion systems. Their products are utilized by various customers, including space agencies like NASA and ESA, as well as commercial entities such as Airbus and Thales Alenia Space. Keywords associated with Bradford Space include spacecraft propulsion, avionics, AOCS, and space logistics.
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BlackSky is preparing to launch an Earth observation satellite built by LeoStella and equipped with Bradford’s Comet thruster on a Rocket Lab Electron mission scheduled for 2019-08-16.
HawkEye 360’s first cluster of three radio-frequency mapping satellites uses Bradford Space’s Comet electrothermal water-based propulsion system for orbit maneuvers.
Bradford Space acquired ECAPS in 2017 and holds green, high-performance non-toxic satellite propulsion systems as a result of that acquisition.
Planetary Resources was acquired by ConsenSys a little more than two months before Bradford Space acquired Deep Space Industries.
Bradford Space, a U.S.-owned company with facilities in the Netherlands and Sweden, acquired Deep Space Industries and announced the acquisition on 2019-01-01 with the deal closed and terms undisclosed.
On 2018-06-14, Astranis planned to equip its MicroGEO spacecraft with Bradford’s high-performance green ECAPS thrusters.
Bradford Holding Company Ltd. purchased ECAPS AB from Swedish Space Corp. in July 2017.