Hall-effect satellite electric thruster provider Orbion: Demand exceeds industry-wide production capacity and we’re expanding

by Peter B. de Selding

LA PLATA, Maryland — Small satellite Hall-effect electric thruster manufacturer Orbion Space Technology is ramping production from its Michigan site after concluding that demand currently exceeds supply as the number of Hall-effect thruster providers has narrowed.

Orbion said it has recently delivered 33 of its Aurora propulsion modules to York Space Systems for an unspecified military application. York is a major provider of satellites to the US Space Development Agency (SDA) multi-layered missile defense/missile warning network.

Orbion said it had . . .

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