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Benchmark unveiled an Advanced Propellants Group led by Director Michael Martin, Ph.D.
Benchmark Space Systems received a two-year, $2,810,000 AFRL SPRINT award to develop and test flight-optimized thrusters running on ASCENT fuel.
Jake Teufert is Chief Technology Officer of Benchmark Space Systems and leads development of ASCENT thruster technology designed to provide high-thrust scalability for DoD dynamic space operations.
Benchmark is building a flight-like 22 Newton thruster to perform advanced ASCENT hot-fire demonstrations under the AFRL-funded program.
Benchmark will deliver a preliminary design of a larger 100 Newton ASCENT thruster assembly in 2025.
Benchmark Space Systems received a two-year, $2,810,000 Air Force Research Laboratory SPRINT award to further develop and test flight-optimized thrusters running on ASCENT fuel.
Benchmark Space Systems unveiled a new Advanced Propellants Group led by Director Michael Martin, PhD.
Michael Martin, PhD, led much of the ASCENT thruster prototype development and testing at Benchmark’s technology center in Pleasanton, California and at labs at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
Benchmark Space Systems is building a flight-like, 22 Newton thruster to perform advanced ASCENT hot-fire demonstrations under the AFRL-funded program.
Benchmark Space Systems will deliver a preliminary design of a 100 Newton thruster assembly in 2025 as part of the AFRL-funded ASCENT program.
Benchmark Space Systems won a $2,810,000 U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory contract to continue development and testing of thrusters running on Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-Toxic (ASCENT) fuel.
Benchmark Space Systems is establishing an Advanced Propellants Group to test a variety of nontoxic chemical, electric, and hybrid propulsion systems.
Benchmark Space Systems will deliver a preliminary design of a 100 Newton thruster assembly in 2025.
Benchmark Space Systems is positioned to provide propulsion to government and commercial spacecraft operating in low Earth orbit, lunar, and cislunar missions.
The two-year AFRL award to Benchmark Space Systems was announced 2023-08-29.
Benchmark Space Systems will deliver a preliminary design of a 100 Newton thruster assembly in 2025 to help meet demand for scaled ASCENT-fueled spacecraft in the 10–500 Newton range.
Under the AFRL-funded program, Benchmark Space Systems is building a 22 Newton thruster for ASCENT hot-fire demonstrations.
Benchmark Space Systems is building a flight-like 22 Newton thruster to perform advanced ASCENT hot-fire demonstrations.
Benchmark Space Systems received a two-year, $2,810,000 AFRL SPRINT award to further develop and test flight-optimized thrusters running on ASCENT fuel.
Benchmark Space Systems unveiled an Advanced Propellants Group led by Michael Martin, PhD.