Princeton Satellite Systems, founded in 1992, is an aerospace research and development company specializing in guidance, navigation, and control (GN&C) systems for spacecraft. They are actively developing state-of-the-art technology, including fusion-powered propulsion systems like the Direct Fusion Drive (DFD), in collaboration with the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. Their services include control system design, analysis, and evaluation, as well as commercial software development. NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy are among their key partners, supporting their work on fusion microreactors for space and terrestrial power applications.
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Michael Paluszek from Princeton Satellite Systems highlighted that Starship has a payload capacity of around 150,000 kilograms.
Pulsar Fusion is collaborating with Princeton Satellite Systems to use data from the PFRC-2 reactor in supercomputer simulations to better predict plasma behavior under electromagnetic confinement and to guide rocket engine prototype design.
Princeton Satellite Systems and Pulsar Fusion will use data from plasma shots generated by the Reversed Configuration PFRC-2 reactor in the first study of its kind.