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Phase Four’s first non-noble-gas-fueled engine, Max-V (which operates on iodine), is expected to be available in 2023.
Jim Bridenstine, former NASA Administrator and former Member of Congress from Oklahoma, joined Phase Four’s Board of Directors as announced on 2022-09-01.
Phase Four’s product line includes Max-V, a Maxwell Block 2 variant that operates on iodine instead of noble gas propellants.
Block 2 Maxwell utilizes Phase Four's second-generation RF Thruster and offers significant performance improvement over the Block 1 engine.
Phase Four's Maxwell Block 1 engine gained flight heritage in 2021 and is currently operating on several commercial small satellites.
Phase Four set the Hawthorne facility opening for early 2022-10-01.
The Block 2 Maxwell engine uses Phase Four’s second-generation RF Thruster and offers significant performance improvement over the Block 1 engine.
Phase Four’s Hawthorne site will house a dedicated environmental testing facility that will continue to reduce the company’s industry-leading sub-4-month lead times.
Phase Four finalized a lease for an expanded manufacturing facility in Hawthorne, California to support high-volume production of its Maxwell engine product line for commercial and government missions.
Phase Four’s Maxwell turn-key propulsion system achieved flight heritage in 2021 and is regularly utilized by small satellite operators.
Phase Four will establish a dedicated R&D cell at the Hawthorne facility to support development of higher-performance thrusters and higher-power propulsion systems for larger spacecraft.
Phase Four demonstrated through several 2021 production runs that Maxwell engines can be built, tested, and delivered to customers in under four months.
Phase Four plans to scale production at the new Hawthorne facility to support delivery of over 100 Maxwell engines annually.
Phase Four is performing thrust measurements with a Maxwell engine adapted to operate on iodine under an Air Force Research Laboratory-sponsored program.
Phase Four’s Maxwell Block 1 engine gained flight heritage in 2021 and is currently operating on several commercial small satellites.
Phase Four’s RF Thruster is propellant agnostic and is designed to operate with novel propellants.
Phase Four is performing thrust measurements with its Maxwell engine adapted to operate on iodine under an Air Force Research Laboratory–sponsored program.
The DARPA contract involving Phase Four was announced on 2022-02-16.
Phase Four's Maxwell Block 1 engine gained flight heritage in 2021 and is currently operating on several commercial small satellites.
Phase Four plans to begin delivering its second-generation thrusters, Maxwell Block 2, in June.