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Benchmark Space Systems

US
commercialFounded 2017
Burlington, Vermont, United States
www.benchmarkspacesystems.com
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Benchmark Space Systems’ scalable, launch-vehicle-agnostic propulsion product and services suite supports spacecraft ranging from 1U cubesats through ESPA-class (1–500 kg) satellites, lunar landers, spent launcher stages, and orbital transfer vehicles.

Mentioned as: Benchmark Space SystemsNarrative GeneralJan 10, 2022Benchmark’s Non-Toxic Chemical Propulsion System Integrated Into Spaceflight’s Sherpa-LTC OTV + Ready For Transporter 3 Mission

Benchmark’s Halcyon Avant system provides a 25% increase in fuel efficiency compared with state-of-the-art green monopropellants while using low-cost and readily available propellants.

Mentioned as: Benchmark Space SystemsNarrative GeneralJan 10, 2022Benchmark’s Non-Toxic Chemical Propulsion System Integrated Into Spaceflight’s Sherpa-LTC OTV + Ready For Transporter 3 Mission

Benchmark Space Systems is developing smaller scaled Halcyon Avant systems for commercial and government smallsat missions in several system configurations that are scheduled to be in space before 2022 ends.

Mentioned as: Benchmark Space SystemsNarrative GeneralJan 10, 2022Benchmark’s Non-Toxic Chemical Propulsion System Integrated Into Spaceflight’s Sherpa-LTC OTV + Ready For Transporter 3 Mission

Benchmark Space Systems positions its propulsion suite as offering far safer and faster rideshare options than electric propulsion systems, which can take months to complete trips to orbit.

Mentioned as: benchmark space systemsTechnical ProductJan 10, 2022Benchmark’s Non-Toxic Chemical Propulsion System Integrated Into Spaceflight’s Sherpa-LTC OTV + Ready For Transporter 3 Mission

Benchmark Space Systems is developing smaller scaled Halcyon Avant systems for commercial and government microsatellite missions with several configurations scheduled to be in space before the end of 2022.

Mentioned as: Benchmark Space SystemsNarrative GeneralDec 21, 2021Press Release: Benchmark green propellant thrusters installed on Sherpa tug

Benchmark Space Systems plans to increase the Halcyon Avant system specific impulse to 315–320 seconds to make it best in class compared with existing systems.

Mentioned as: Benchmark Space SystemsNarrative PlanDec 21, 2021Benchmark green propellant thrusters installed on Sherpa tug

Benchmark Space Systems announced on 2021-12-21 that the propulsion system for the Sherpa-LTC tug had been installed and fueled.

Mentioned as: benchmark space systemsTechnical ProductDec 21, 2021Benchmark green propellant thrusters installed on Sherpa tug

Benchmark Space Systems’ propulsion product and services suite supports spacecraft ranging from 1U CubeSats through ESPA-class (1–500 kg) satellites, lunar landers, spent launcher stages, and orbital transfer vehicles.

Mentioned as: Benchmark Space SystemsNarrative GeneralDec 21, 2021Press Release: Benchmark green propellant thrusters installed on Sherpa tug

Benchmark’s Halcyon high-test peroxide (HTP)-based monopropellant system performed recent mission-critical maneuvers across three satellites as part of the Halcyon heritage campaign that reached orbit on Transporter 2.

Mentioned as: BenchmarkTechnical ProductDec 21, 2021Press Release: Benchmark green propellant thrusters installed on Sherpa tug

Benchmark Space Systems completed hot fire engine tests of its Halcyon Avant non-toxic chemical propulsion system at its Pleasanton, California facility in November 2021.

Mentioned as: Benchmark Space SystemsOrg RelationshipDec 21, 2021Press Release: Benchmark green propellant thrusters installed on Sherpa tug

Benchmark Space Systems doubled its size during the year to 40 employees across its Burlington, Vermont headquarters and a test site in California.

Mentioned as: Benchmark Space SystemsTechnical ProductDec 21, 2021Benchmark green propellant thrusters installed on Sherpa tug

Benchmark Space Systems’ Halcyon Avant thrusters provide improved performance compared with the hydrogen peroxide monopropellant thrusters the company previously developed and flew on several satellites.

Mentioned as: Benchmark Space SystemsNarrative GeneralDec 21, 2021Benchmark green propellant thrusters installed on Sherpa tug

Benchmark Space Systems had seven missions using its thrusters in the pipeline for 2022 with the possibility of that growing to 10 to 15 missions as new commercial and government customers sign up.

Mentioned as: Benchmark Space SystemsOrg RelationshipDec 21, 2021Benchmark green propellant thrusters installed on Sherpa tug

About a month after initial deployment and commissioning, Sherpa-LTC1 will use a bipropellant green propulsion subsystem from Benchmark Space Systems to maneuver to 500 km and deploy four additional cubesats.

Mentioned as: Benchmark Space SystemsNarrative PlanNov 9, 2021Spaceflight to launch 13 payloads on first multi-orbit space tug mission

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Mentioned as: Benchmark Space SystemsNarrative GeneralOct 19, 2021NextNav and Qualcomm collaborate to deliver precise vertical location for E911 emergency services

Benchmark Space Systems offers the Halcyon Avant thruster that can operate with several types of fuel depending on the operation or satellite bus.

Mentioned as: Benchmark Space SystemsTechnical ProductSep 9, 2021Satellite propulsion startup Benchmark eyes growth in military market

Benchmark Space Systems is working with the Air Force Research Laboratory and industry partners to develop a multimode electric-chemical engine that uses a common propellant tank.

Mentioned as: Benchmark Space SystemsOrg RelationshipSep 9, 2021Satellite propulsion startup Benchmark eyes growth in military market

Accion Systems and Benchmark Space Systems had their first thrusters reach orbit on 2021-06-30 on satellites launched as rideshares on the SpaceX Transporter-2 flight.

Mentioned as: Benchmark Space SystemsOrg RelationshipAug 18, 2021Small satellite propulsion begins to prove itself

The Locus Charter was publicly launched in March 2021 following a multi-year strategic partnership between the American Geographical Society’s EthicalGEO and the Benchmark Initiative hosted at Ordnance Survey’s Geovation.

Mentioned as: Benchmark Space SystemsNarrative GeneralAug 5, 2021AGI signs up as Locus Charter supporting organization

Benchmark’s scalable, launch-vehicle-agnostic propulsion products and services support spacecraft ranging from 1U CubeSats through ESPA-class (1–500 kg) satellites, lunar landers, spent launcher stages, and orbital transfer vehicles.

Mentioned as: benchmarkTechnical ProductJun 24, 2021Pay As-You-Go Propulsion Service From Benchmark Space Systems Unlocks OSAM Innovations
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