The Australian Space Agency invested almost $7 million in the SpIRIT satellite mission to help qualify the original Neumann Drive thruster.
Spirit Electronics’ space business has grown in recent years.
Marti McCurdy is the CEO of Spirit Electronics.
Spirit Electronics offers semiconductor services including ASIC design and foundry, wafer processing, and qualification.
TAMU SPIRIT 1 is the first mission and has an initial manifest of selected experiments spanning engineering, physical sciences, life sciences, and agriculture.
Texas A and M and Aegis Aerospace plan additional TAMU SPIRIT missions after the initial flight with a new call for experiment proposals scheduled for the spring.
The TAMU SPIRIT orbital research platform is intended to become a long-term asset anchoring Texas A and M System participation in space-based research and technology development on the International Space Station.
TAMU SPIRIT is intended to accelerate concept maturation from campus laboratories to the orbital environment while giving students hands-on experience with flight hardware development, integration, and operations.
TAMU SPIRIT is designed as a satellite campus in space that consolidates advanced materials manufacturing, robotics testing, space surveillance, tracking technologies and other in-space research activities on a single external ISS facility.
Texas A and M System researchers have exclusive priority rights to send experiments for installation on the TAMU SPIRIT flight facility.
The new call for TAMU SPIRIT experiment proposals will extend opportunities for researchers and students across the Texas A and M System to develop and fly experiments on the dedicated ISS platform.
SpIRIT's winged design, created by the University of Melbourne, helps regulate heat and enhance performance.
Spirit Electronics is the first U.S.-based distributor for Zero-Error Systems, facilitating made-in-the-USA, rad-hard semiconductor solutions.
Spirit Electronics announced franchised distribution for Zero-Error Systems (ZES) to support ultra-high reliability semiconductors and ICs in challenging radiation environments.
Spirit Electronics offers ZES RHBD and LDAP paired with its foundry services, ASIC programs, and assembly services.
Spirit Electronics supports the entire IC supply chain from foundry to chip packaging, reliability testing, and assembly.
Delta II flew 155 missions including eight missions to Mars and launched missions that delivered NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity rovers to Mars.
Stratolaunch is beginning modifications to the Spirit of Mojave, an additional launch platform that is a modified Boeing 747-400.
On 2023-01-18, Gen. B. Chance Saltzman issued a memo outlining priorities for the U.S. Space Force that include pursuing stronger partnerships with allies, deploying combat-ready forces, and amplifying the guardian spirit.
The SpIRIT nanosatellite will run a suite of powerful scientific instruments, cameras, guidance systems, communication antennae, and on-board computers with artificial intelligence capabilities.