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A flexible & high-thrust electric propulsion system for satellites

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Eutelsat
Esa
CNES
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Starfish
York
Thales
OHB
Eutelsat
Esa
CNES
Aribus
Starfish
York
Thales
OHB
Eutelsat
Esa
CNES

Our solution with spaceware

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spaceware

  • High flexibility for easier integration
                   
  • Versatile solution to perfectly fit your mission
                   
  • Flight heritage & mature solutions
                       
  • Higher thrust for earlier revenues
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spaceware™ - nano is a 60W-class system adapted to platforms ranging from 10 to 80kg. It is a compact, light and flexible solution specifically developed to be integrated in cubesats.

spacewareTM - nano

spaceware

nano

Power

Nominal - (range)

60W

(40-60W)

Thrust

Nominal - (range)

2.5 mN

(1.5 - 2.5 mN)

Total impulse

Up to 6kN.s

Propellant Compatibility

Xenon

Volume

1U to 2.5U plus tuna can

Cross

spaceware

nano

Power

Nominal - (range)

60W

(40-60W)

Thrust

Nominal - (range)

2.5 mN

(1.5 - 2.5 mN)

Total impulse

Up to 6kN.s

Propellant Compatibility

Xenon

Volume

1U to 2.5U plus tuna can

spaceware™ - micro is a 150W-class system offering high thrust and huge maneuver capabilities for microsats. The cluster configurations give flexibility to answer your needs with higher thrust and lifetime.

spaceware

micro

spaceware

micro cluster2

spaceware

micro cluster3

Power

Nominal - (range)

150W

(100-150W)

300W

(100-300 W)

450W

(100-450 W)

Thrust

Nominal - (range)

7 mN

(4 - 8 mN)

14 mN

(4 – 16 mN)

21mN

(4 – 24 mN)

Total impulse

Up to 60 kN.s

Up to 120 kN.s

Up to 180 kN.s

Propellant Compatibility

Xenon

Xenon

Xenon

Cross

spaceware

micro

Power

Nominal - (range)

150W

(100-150W)

Thrust

Nominal - (range)

7 mN

(4 - 8 mN)

Total impulse

Up to 60 kN.s

Propellant Compatibility

Xenon

spaceware

micro cluster2

Power

Nominal - (range)

300W

(100-300 W)

Thrust

Nominal - (range)

14 mN

(4 – 16 mN)

Total impulse

Up to 120 kN.s

Propellant Compatibility

Xenon

spaceware

micro cluster3

Power

Nominal - (range)

450W

(100-450 W)

Thrust

Nominal - (range)

21mN

(4 – 24 mN)

Total impulse

Up to 180 kN.s

Propellant Compatibility

Xenon

spaceware™ - mini is a 400W-class system to target multi-propellant capabilities (Xenon, Krypton & Iodine) in order to become the baseline for the small satellite constellations of tomorrow.

spaceware

mini

spaceware

mini cluster2

Power

Nominal - (range)

400W

(300-600 W)

800 W

(300-1200 W)

Thrust

Nominal - (range)

18 mN (Kr) -  (12 - 24mN)

23mN (Xe)  - (15 - 30mN)

36 mN (Kr) -  (12 – 48mN)

46mN (Xe)  - (15 - 60mN)

Total impulse

Up to 300 kN.s

Up to 600 kN.s

Propellant Compatibility

Krypton / Xenon / Iodine

Krypton / Xenon / Iodine

Cross

spaceware

mini

Power

Nominal - (range)

400W

(300-600 W)

Thrust

Nominal - (range)

18 mN (Kr) -  (12 - 24mN)

23mN (Xe)  - (15 - 30mN)

Total impulse

Up to 300 kN.s

Propellant Compatibility

Krypton / Xenon / Iodine

spaceware

mini cluster2

Power

Nominal - (range)

800 W

(300-1200 W)

Thrust

Nominal - (range)

36 mN (Kr) -  (12 – 48mN)

46mN (Xe)  - (15 - 60mN)

Total impulse

Up to 600 kN.s

Propellant Compatibility

Krypton / Xenon / Iodine

spaceware™ - small is a Kilowatt-class thruster to be adapted for all orbits (LEO, MEO, GEO, BEO) and long lifetime operations. It is baselined for Krypton and compatible with Xenon and Iodine.

spaceware

small

Power

1000 – 1500 W

Thrust

35 – 65 mN (Kr)

50 – 80 mN (Xe)

Total impulse

Up to 2 MN.s

Propellant Compatibility

Krypton/Xenon

Cross

spaceware

small

Power

Nominal - (range)

1000 – 1500 W

Thrust

Nominal - (range)

35 – 65 mN (Kr)

50 – 80 mN (Xe)

Total impulse

Up to 2 MN.s

Propellant Compatibility

Krypton/Xenon

Our system overview

Our Heritage

6

spaceware™ systems in space since 2020

6

Systems delivered

>30

More already contractualized for 2023

>10

Platforms have baselined spaceware™ systems all around the world

Technology

A Hall Effect Thruster (HET) is an ion thruster in which electrons emitted by a cathode are trapped in a magnetic field, and used to ionize a propellant – thereby creating a plasma into the discharge channel. The plasma is then accelerated to produce thrust, thanks to an electric field created between the anode and the cathode.

The Hall Effect technology has been used for decades and equips most of the large satellites thrusters. It combines the high impulse of electric propulsion technology along with a very high thrust-to-power ratio.

Due to unique innovations on the anode, cathode, fluidic systems and electronics, we managed to reduce the size of this technology to fit it in small satellites.

Industrial Means

Exotrail has all the required means to sustain the development of the spaceware™ line and push it further, ramping up the production rate to achieve the goals of:
   • 100+ systems in 2023
   • 300+ systems in 2024

With the improved AIT capabilities, Exotrail is able to:
    • Fully parallelize the product development and production
    • Internalize most of the AIT activities
    • Further improve the product quality control

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