https://spacewatch.global/tag/ienai-space/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 27 Feb 2023 07:00:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/ienai-space/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2023/02/ienai-space-wins-esa-contracts-for-propulsion-system/ Mon, 27 Feb 2023 07:00:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46882 IENAI SPACE, an in-space mobility provider based in Madrid, Spain, has received two European Space Agency (ESA) contracts within the General Support Technology Program (GSTP), with a total budget of EUR 1.2 million. The contracts will allow the Company to mature and further develop their ATHENA (Adaptable THruster based on Electrospray powered by NAnotechnology) propulsion systems, a prototype version of the propulsion system flew aboard Firefly’s first flight to orbit in October 2022.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/09/firefly-to-launch-europes-first-electrospray-propulsion-demonstrator/ Wed, 07 Sep 2022 06:00:22 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=43169 Firefly’s second attempt at reaching orbit, Alpha Flight 2 “To the black” will carry ATHENA, Europe’s first Electrospray thruster, a propulsion technology aboard two of the satellites stored inside the rocket. ATHENA (Adaptable THruster based on Electrospray for NAnosatellites) was developed by Spanish startup Ienai Space.]]>