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Application Briefs
Waterproof Connectors
Pisces Range of IP68
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Operational
Excellence
Silver Award
3
Years
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tions. The Halcyon + Xantus hybrid packages are engineered
to ultimately incorporate in-space resource utilization
(ISRU) techniques to enable a sustainable space ecosystem.
Benchmark's hydrogen-peroxide (HTP) systems are designed
to one day refuel on orbit with propellant created from
space ice and water, while the AASC-developed MPTs will
replenish in flight with metal harvested from unwanted and
problematic orbital space debris - enabled by a set of breakthrough
capabilities being demonstrated in space by fellow
OSAM pioneers.
Part of Benchmark's electric propulsion strategy, the AASC
MPT acquisition follows an in-depth global evaluation of
leading EP technology specialists. AASC's metal plasma
thruster technology is extremely robust and well packaged,
nearing production phase, integral to NASA's Artemis mission,
and scheduled to earn flight heritage during a US
Space Force demonstration mission (RROCI) this year aboard
an Orion Space Solutions satellite.
Benchmark announced earlier this year that it has tripled
its U.S. production capacity and doubled U.S. manufacturing
and technical staff to meet big demand for its Starling and
Halcyon chemical propulsion systems. The company has
scaled up to build more than 150 systems over an eighteen-month
period to enable in-space mobility and maneuverability
aboard a spectrum of spacecraft integral to the new
space economy and a broad range of LEO, GEO, and cislunar
missions. Benchmark is also close to initiating production at
its new UK manufacturing and testing facility in partnership
with Satellite Applications Catapult at the Westcott Innovation
Centre in Aylesbury, England, home of the UK's propulsion
research and development.
Benchmark's scalable, launch vehicle agnostic propulsion
products and services suite support a broad spectrum of
spacecraft - from 3U cubesats through ESPA-class (3-500kg)
satellites, lunar landers, spent launcher stages, and orbital
transfer vehicles (OTVs), which will enable a broad range of
in-space services and capabilities supporting the space economy
and ecosystem.
For More Info Visit www.BenchmarkSpaceSystems.com
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