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Stellar Exploration

US
commercialFounded 2001
San Luis Obispo, California, United States
www.stellar-exploration.com
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CAPSTONE uses a monopropellant hydrazine-fueled propulsion system developed and implemented by Stellar Exploration Inc.

Mentioned as: Stellar ExplorationNarrative GeneralAug 12, 2022Advanced Space LLC receives the Mission of the Year award for the CAPSTONE mission

Opening a valve to outgas a liquid can produce thrust but does not by itself establish a useful propulsion system, according to Stellar Exploration technical commentary.

Mentioned as: Stellar ExplorationOrg RelationshipAug 18, 2021Small satellite propulsion begins to prove itself

LightSail 2 was built by a group of partners including Stellar Exploration, Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and Georgia Tech.

Mentioned as: Stellar ExplorationOrg RelationshipJul 31, 2019Planetary Society declares solar sailing mission a success

The Day 2 issue of the Show Daily was published on 2018-08-08 and features coverage of D-Orbit, Astrocast, Helios Wire, Made In Space, Roccor, Stellar Exploration, and smallsat cybersecurity.

Mentioned as: Stellar ExplorationOrg RelationshipAug 8, 2018Download all three days of theSpaceNewsSmallSat show dailies

Tomas Svitek, president of Stellar Exploration, identified potential applications for the new thruster including a small robotic lunar lander, a microsatellite moving from geostationary transfer orbit to geostationary orbit, and a satellite operating in a Molniya orbit.

Mentioned as: Stellar ExplorationOrg RelationshipAug 8, 2018New thruster aims to help microsats bust out of the kiddy pool

Tomas Svitek, president of Stellar Exploration, advocates focusing on authentication techniques (including Secure Shell tunneling, Transport Layer Security, passwords, and tokens) to ensure only authorized commands are executed for many low-cost spacecraft missions.

Mentioned as: Stellar ExplorationOrg RelationshipAug 8, 2018Small satellite sector grapples with cybersecurity requirements, cost

NASA’s Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration program provided funding for Stellar Exploration to develop the new thruster.

Mentioned as: Stellar ExplorationNarrative GeneralAug 8, 2018New thruster aims to help microsats bust out of the kiddy pool