Exotrail demonstrates miniature Hall-effect thruster in orbit

Update: This article was updated on Jan. 12 at 1:09 pm Eastern time with information about initial thruster testing.

SAN FRANCISCO – French startup Exotrail announced Jan. 12 that its miniature Hall-effect thruster ignited in or…

Spacety launches satellite to test ThrustMe iodine electric propulsion and constellation technologies

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.

German cubesats to showcase formation flight technology

The four-satellite NetSat mission launched Sept. 28 on a Russian Soyuz rocket is designed to showcase technology for formation flight.

Morpheus Space attracts high-profile backers

Morpheus Space attracted a high-profile group of investors for its first venture capital round.

ExoTerra quadruples production capacity to meet government, commercial demand

ExoTerra Resources, a Colorado firm focused on propulsion and in-situ resource utilization, is preparing to quadruple production capacity to meet government and commercial demand.