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AASC’s metal plasma thrusters have been integrated in a weather satellite that Orion Space is scheduled to launch later 2022 under a U.S. Space Force contract.
AASC developed metal plasma thrusters branded as Xantus as part of the acquired electric propulsion technology.
In August 2020, AASC was selected by ASTRA LLC to deliver a flight-ready Metal Plasma Thruster for ASTRA’s EWS Rapid Revisit Optical Cloud Imager (RROCI) mission scheduled for launch in early 2022.
AASC has the capability to manufacture the Metal Plasma Thruster line with short lead times and at a relatively low cost compared to other electric propulsion solutions.