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Issue du CNRS et de Polytechnique, la start-up ThrustMe a envoyé dans l’espace son premier moteur électrique pour minisatellite, le 6 novembre. Opéré depuis Taiyuan (Chine) par la compagnie aérospatiale chinoise SpaceTy, ce lancement est une première mondiale.

French startup ThrustMe ― founded by researchers from the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the École Polytechnique ― claims a world first with the first-ever electric motor for satellites that uses iodine, a substance that is denser, easier to integrate and cheaper than gaseous propellants such as xenon.

Le monde spatial a basculé cette année : le nombre de satellites mis en orbite a plus que doublé entre 2019 et 2020 à plus de 1.000 satellites lancés. Plus de 50 projets de constellations se disputent le marché de l'observation de la terre, tandis que dans les télécommunications, la fourniture globale d'Internet via l'espace arrive avec Starlink, la constellation de SpaceX.

French propulsion startup ThrustMe is preparing to conduct an in-orbit demonstration of an iodine electric propulsion system on a 12-unit Spacety cubesat launched Nov. 6 at 10:19 Eastern time on a Chinese Long March 6 rocket.

Small satellite manufacturer GomSpace of Denmark and Sweden more than doubled its revenue and reported a reduced operating loss for the three months ending Sept. 30, showing further evidence of stabilizing its business.

GomSpace A/S and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a contract to continue the development of the GOMX-5 mission. focused on demonstrating new nanosatellite capabilities in space, particularly for next generation constellations in Low Earth Orbit.