Ramping up production capacity of groundbreaking space propulsion systems

Introduction

The space industry is experiencing rapid growth with 24,000 satellites expected to be launched in the next ten years. Electric propulsion systems are needed for satellite mission success, but conventional systems almost exclusively use xenon propellant, which is expensive and must be stored at high pressures.

Challenges with Conventional Systems

In addition, conventional propulsion suppliers do not provide a complete system. Instead, subsystems are engineered separately by different suppliers, leading to inefficiencies and increased complexity.

ThrustMe's Solution

ThrustMe's solution is a complete, standalone propulsion system that makes use of the groundbreaking alternative propellant iodine. Key benefits of this approach include:

• Iodine can be stored unpressurized as a solid.
• Iodine is almost 100x cheaper than xenon.

Recent Developments

ThrustMe has recently performed the world's first in-space demonstration of this new technology and has confirmed customer interest.

Funding Needs

Funding is needed to ramp up production capacity to help ThrustMe realize its full commercial potential to become market leaders. Additionally, this funding will support the development of our next generation systems.