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The milestone debut of Benchmark Space Systems’ electric propulsion system in space occurred less than eighteen months after Benchmark acquired the metal plasma thruster technology from Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation.
Benchmark Space Systems raised $33,000,000 in Series B funding.
Benchmark Space Systems moved its headquarters to a new 40,000-square-foot facility in Vermont.
Benchmark Space Systems’ new headquarters features hot fire chambers, vibration tables, thermal vacuum chambers, and lean production flow lines housed in ISO 7 clean-room environments.
Benchmark Space Systems laid off 15% of its 118 workers in late June 2023 and subsequently raised a $33,000,000 Series B round.
Benchmark Space Systems raised $33,000,000 in a Series B funding round.
Benchmark Space Systems raised $33,000,000 in a Series B funding round.
Benchmark Space Systems plans to produce at least 200 Lynx bi-propellant (HTP + fuel) thrusters 2023 to meet demand for LEO and cislunar missions.
Wesley Grove was named Chief Operations Officer at Benchmark after serving as Senior Operations Manager and will continue to oversee strategic facilities and manufacturing expansions in the U.S. and UK.
Benchmark Space Systems acquired Alameda Applied Sciences Corp.’s (AASC’s) metal plasma thruster technology six months before 2023-03-14.
The majority of Benchmark Space Systems’ booked engines are being built and tested at the company’s headquarters facility in Burlington, Vermont.
The majority of Benchmark Space Systems’ booked engines are being built and tested at the company’s headquarters facility in Burlington, Vermont.
Most Benchmark engines are being built and tested at the company’s Burlington, Vermont, headquarters.
Benchmark Space Systems will establish a manufacturing and test facility at the Westcott Innovation Centre in the United Kingdom.
On 2022-10-13, Benchmark Space Systems was selected by The Exploration Company to develop the propulsion system for The Exploration Company’s second demonstrator flight, Mission Possible.
On 2022-08-08, Benchmark Space Systems planned to acquire Alameda Applied Science Corp.’s electric propulsion technologies.
Benchmark Space Systems planned to begin offering hybrid chemical-electric propulsion systems.
Benchmark Space Systems will acquire Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation’s electric propulsion technologies.
Benchmark Space Systems plans to build more than 150 propulsion systems over the next eighteen months.
Benchmark Space Systems’ Halcyon high-test peroxide (HTP)-based propulsion system performed mission-critical maneuvers aboard three satellites that reached orbit on SpaceX Transporter 2.