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In-Space Missions Limited

GB
commercialFounded 1980
United Kingdom
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MSP/Plasteel™ is lightweight, easy to manufacture, and has been successfully tested in in-space missions, including a SpaceX launch protecting the Nvidia Jetson Orin NX GPU.

Mentioned as: In-Space Missions LimitedNarrative GeneralOct 2, 2025Cosmic Shielding Corporation awarded TACFI contract to speed deployment of advanced space electronics

At least ten Xantus metal plasma thrusters being shipped 2024 will go to In-Space Missions, a wholly owned subsidiary of BAE Systems plc.

Mentioned as: In-Space MissionsOrg RelationshipMar 26, 2024Press Release: Benchmark Electric Propulsion Thrusters on Orbit and Poised for First Fire

Benchmark is shipping more than 50 Xantus electric propulsion thrusters 2024, with at least ten units allocated to In-Space Missions, a wholly owned subsidiary of BAE Systems plc.

Mentioned as: In-Space Missions LimitedOrg RelationshipMar 21, 2024Benchmark electric propulsion thrusters on-orbit + poised for 1st firing

At least ten of the Xantus electric propulsion thrusters shipping 2024 will go to In-Space Missions, a wholly owned subsidiary of BAE Systems.

Mentioned as: In-Space MissionsOrg RelationshipMar 21, 2024Benchmark Space Systems Deploys its Xantus Electric Propulsion System on Orion's Satellite

More than 10 Xantus units scheduled for delivery 2024 are destined for In-Space Missions, a subsidiary of BAE Systems in the United Kingdom that develops small satellites.

Mentioned as: In-Space Missions LimitedOrg RelationshipMar 19, 2024Benchmark Space Systems flies first electric thruster

Faraday Dragon is a 250 kg-class satellite system that will be designed, assembled, integrated, and tested in the UK by In-Space Missions.

Mentioned as: In-Space Missions LimitedNarrative PlanFeb 19, 2024In-Space Missions Secures Additional UK Space Agency Funding for Rideshare Satellite Program

Faraday Dragon is a 250 kg class satellite system that will be designed, assembled, integrated, and tested in the UK by In-Space Missions.

Mentioned as: In-Space Missions LimitedNarrative PlanFeb 14, 2024In-Space Missions awarded additional UK Space Agency funding for Faraday Dragon

In-Space Missions Ltd. has been awarded further funding from the UK Space Agency to progress the Faraday Dragon rideshare satellite program.

Mentioned as: In-Space Missions Ltd.Org RelationshipFeb 14, 2024In-Space Missions awarded additional UK Space Agency funding for Faraday Dragon

LMO (Luxembourg & UK) and In-Space Missions Ltd. (UK) have partnered to explore the use of smallsat platforms for space-based Space Domain Awareness under LMO’s AUREA program.

Mentioned as: In-Space Missions Ltd.Technical ProductSep 14, 2023LMO partners with In-Space Missions on AUREA SDA program

In-Space Missions is working towards the design, build, and launch in 2026 of the first Faraday Dragon rideshare mission.

Mentioned as: In-Space Missions LimitedNarrative GeneralAug 21, 2023In-Space Missions’ UK International Bi-lateral Fund grant for Asia-Pacific rideshare missions

In-Space Missions Ltd received a matched fund grant from the UK Space Agency’s International Bilateral Fund to develop Faraday Dragon.

Mentioned as: In-Space Missions LtdOrg RelationshipAug 21, 2023In-Space Missions’ UK International Bi-lateral Fund grant for Asia-Pacific rideshare missions

In-Space Missions is seeking partners and collaborators in the Asia-Pacific region for the InSpace Digital system launching in 2024 to trial payload applications on the ground or uploaded to orbit.

Mentioned as: In-Space Missions LimitedOrg RelationshipJan 30, 2023In-Space Missions engaging in an APAC rideshare mission

BAE Systems acquired In-Space Missions in 2023, making BAE one of a small number of British companies capable of designing, building, launching, and operating satellites.

Mentioned as: In-Space Missions LimitedNarrative GeneralOct 25, 2022BAE Systems to Launch its First Multi Sensor Satellite Cluster

Prometheus-2 consists of two cubesats owned by the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and is co-funded with Airbus Defence and Space and jointly designed with In-Space Missions.

Mentioned as: In-Space Missions LimitedOrg RelationshipOct 11, 2022With the manifest complete, Virgin Orbit’s flight hardware is heading to Spaceport Cornwall for the 1st orbital launch from U.K. soil

Airbus Defence and Space co-funded the Prometheus 2 cubesats and In-Space Missions Ltd. led their construction.

Mentioned as: In-Space Missions LimitedOrg RelationshipSep 8, 2022UK-built Prometheus 2 smallsats on track for their Newquay, Cornwall, launch

The Prometheus 2 satellites were jointly designed by Airbus and In-Space Missions Ltd.

Mentioned as: In-Space Missions LtdTechnical ProductSep 8, 2022UK-built Prometheus 2 smallsats on track for their Newquay, Cornwall, launch

In-Space Missions is collaborating on the Azalea effort to provide technology that will monitor adversaries and provide civil benefits for humanitarian response missions.

Mentioned as: In-Space MissionsTechnical ProductSep 8, 2022ICEYE to Provide Radar Imaging Satellite for BAE Systems

Following BAE Systems’ acquisition of In-Space Missions in 2023, BAE Systems is one of a small number of British companies with the capability to design, build, launch, and operate satellites.

Mentioned as: In-Space Missions LimitedNarrative GeneralSep 7, 2022LEO satellite cluster from BAE Systems to provide secure digital military intelligence from 2024

In-Space Missions’ technology will monitor adversaries and provide civil benefits by supporting humanitarian response missions.

Mentioned as: In-Space MissionsTechnical ProductSep 7, 2022LEO satellite cluster from BAE Systems to provide secure digital military intelligence from 2024

In-Space Missions, which BAE acquired in 2023, will provide platforms for Azalea that include chip-scale atomic clocks.

Mentioned as: In-Space Missions LimitedOrg RelationshipSep 7, 2022BAE Systems developing multi-sensor satellite cluster for military intelligence
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