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Phase Four is testing its radio-frequency thruster at its facility in Hawthorne, California.
Phase Four is testing a radio-frequency thruster at its facility in Hawthorne, California.
Phase Four will supply the electric propulsion component in operational ground demonstrations of both ASCENT and hydrazine-based multi-mode systems by the end of 2025-01-01.
Phase Four anticipates taking orders for its monopropellant multimode systems in the first half of 2025.
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Phase Four on 2024-07-09 to build and deliver advanced thruster technology for national security space programs.
Redwire and Phase Four will design and develop a Hall Effect Thruster called the Valkyrie Thruster based on an existing design.
Phase Four was founded in 2015 to develop radio-frequency thruster technology and address the needs of proliferating satellite constellations.
Phase Four is an in-space propulsion company that will partner with Redwire to expand the types and volume of Hall Effect Thrusters available to the industry.
The press release announcing the Phase Four and Redwire cooperation agreement was issued from Hawthorne, California on 2024-07-09.
Phase Four and Redwire Space signed a strategic cooperation agreement to build and deliver Hall Effect Thrusters to government and commercial markets.
Phase Four has a $14,900,000 DARPA Otter contract for an air-breathing electric propulsion system for extended satellite operations at altitudes ranging from 90 to 450 km.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Phase Four a $14,900,000 contract to deliver an air-breathing electric propulsion system for extended satellite operations in Very Low Earth Orbit at altitudes of about 90–450 km.
Phase Four has designed and built electric propulsion systems that have been launched on nine satellites with over 5,300 days of cumulative on-orbit flight heritage since the company was founded.
Phase Four completed propellant fill operations for Maxwell propulsion units using in-house developed ground support equipment operated by its engineering team.
Phase Four plans to begin delivering Maxwell Block 3 to customers in June 2024.
Phase Four completed propellant fill operations for the Maxwell propulsion system using in-house developed ground support equipment.
Maxwell Block 3 systems will be produced at Phase Four’s 25,000-square-foot facility in Hawthorne, California.
Phase Four will produce Maxwell Block 3 systems at a new 25,000-square-foot facility in Hawthorne, California.
Maxwell Block 3 builds on the flight heritage of Phase Four’s Maxwell Block 1 and Block 2 thrusters.
Phase Four was selected by AFWERX for a Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) contract worth $4,260,000 to develop a Propellant Decomposition Chamber for propellant-agnostic electric propulsion.