Follow Our Latest News

ThrustMe and Turion Space announce the selection of the ThrustMe’s iodine electric propulsion system for their DROID.002 spacecraft. The American sustainable spacecraft company will integrate several NPT30-I2-1.5U thrusters to enable the maneuverability for orbit raising and end-of-life disposal to its innovative space-debris observation and characterization mission.

The Norwegian Space Agency’s NorSat-TD satellite was successfully launched onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The satellite is fitted with a ThrustMe NPT30-I2 iodine fueled electric propulsion system.

ThrustMe and the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (VKI), with the support of the European Space Agency, are excited to announce the success of the acceptance campaign of the new DRAG-ON facility, “Dual-chamber for RArefied Gases and ON-ground testing” which integrates the LTA100 particle generator. This revolutionary device, developed by ThrustMe, expands the testing capabilities of the von Karman Institute and makes it possible to reproduce the environment of the ionosphere and upper atmosphere for testing new propulsion concepts, as well as qualifying space hardware ahead of launch. With this new facility, the VKI can now simulate the high speed, low density flow that a spacecraft would encounter in Earth Orbit at an altitude of approximately 200 km - intermediate between the "Kármán line" (100 km) and the orbit of the International Space Station (400 km), opening a variety of opportunities for developing air-breathing propulsion systems.

ThrustMe announces the delivery of seven propulsion systems to Spire Global, Inc. for its LEMUR 3U satellites as it builds upon its fully deployed constellation of over 100 satellites. Spire’s LEMUR satellites will carry ThrustMe’s I2T5 iodine cold gas system on its next launch scheduled for Q4 2022 onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission. These propulsion systems will enable Spire to optimize its constellation performance and prepare for upcoming deorbiting regulations. For the first time, Spire will integrate and use propulsion on its LEMUR satellites.

ThrustMe announces today that the renovation of a 900 m2 building has started to turn it into a lean and smart manufacturing site to support high volume production of its groundbreaking propulsion systems. After ThrustMe made the world’s first demonstration of a revolutionary iodine-propellant based electric propulsion system, the company has witnessed a significant market traction. The new facility will, as a first step, have a production capacity of no less than 365 propulsion systems per year.

ThrustMe has been awarded an ESA GSTP contract to develop and qualify the electric propulsion system NPT30-I2-1.5U. With its ground-breaking solution for satellite constellations, ThrustMe technology will integrate the ambitious GomSpace lead technology demonstration GOMX-5 mission. The GOMX-5 satellite will be equipped with several advanced payloads, and ThrustMe will provide the manoeuvrability for orbit raising and end-of-life disposal.