IENAI Space, founded in 2019 and based in Madrid, Spain, is a space mobility company specializing in electric propulsion systems and mission analysis for small satellites. They develop customizable ionic-liquid electric propulsion systems, including their ATHENA thruster, and software to optimize low-thrust propulsion, enabling satellites to travel further and endure longer missions. IENAI Space partners with organizations like the European Space Agency (ESA), EnduroSat, and Neuraspace, aiming to provide efficient and adaptable propulsion solutions for the growing small satellite market. Key focus areas include in-space mobility, nanosatellites, electrospray propulsion, and space traffic management.
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Ienai Space and Fossa Systems are preparing a mission for late 2026 to test the Athena NANO electrospray thruster for nanosatellites.
Neuraspace, Ienai Space, and EnduroSat conducted Europe’s first orbital demonstration of an AI-based collision avoidance system in January 2023.
Fossa Systems and Ienai Space will place the first fully Spanish mission demonstrating an electric propulsion system into orbit.
Daniel Pérez Grande is CEO of Ienai Space.
Ienai Space will begin the commercial phase of its flagship space propulsion product after its on-orbit demonstration.
Sara Correyero is the co-founder and COO of Ienai Space.
The second product line at Ienai Space focuses on software tools that optimize satellite propulsion maneuvers in near real-time.
Ienai Space's first product line is the Athena electric propulsion system, which accelerates ions from a liquid salt.
Ienai Space is a pioneering aerospace company and the first Spanish startup to launch an entirely Spanish-developed thruster into orbit.
Ienai Space specializes in the development of electric propulsion systems for space missions and software tools for satellite maneuver planning.
Ienai Space is a beneficiary of the PERTE Aeroespacial program and has received 2.9 million euros for technological project development.
Ienai Space received 12,000 euros in support from the Kit Digital program.
Ienai Space has raised about seven million euros in total to help develop ATHENA, or Adaptable THruster based on Electrospray for NAnosatellite.
Ienai Space raised 3,900,000 EUR to start demonstrating electrospray thrusters in low Earth orbit around the end of 2024.
IENAI Space in Spain is developing the electrospray technology for the European Space Agency (ESA).
The partners plan to use space traffic management data from Portuguese company Neuraspace to guide electric thrusters developed by Spain’s Ienai Space on a cubesat built by EnduroSat.
Neuraspace, Ienai Space, and EnduroSat partnered for Europe’s first orbital demonstration of a collision avoidance system based on artificial intelligence in 2023.