https://spacewatch.global/tag/thrustme/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:26:20 +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/thrustme/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/02/thrustme-breaks-into-the-american-market-with-key-partnerships/ Wed, 05 Feb 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=63724 ThrustMe has successfully entered the North American market, securing partnerships with ten prominent U.S. and Canadian companies. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/11/thrustme-onera-and-airbus-explore-iodine-based-propulsion/ Wed, 06 Nov 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=62123 ONERA, ThrustMe, and Airbus Defence and Space have initiated the IPISC project (Iodine Propulsion Interaction with Satellites and Components), with support from ESA and CNES. The project aims to evaluate iodine's potential as a new propellant for satellites weighing over 500 kg, focusing on the interaction between iodine propulsion systems and a range of satellite materials and components. Iodine-based propulsion offers an alternative to noble gases like xenon.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/06/thrustme-reaches-first-year-production-milestone-expanding-its-global-market-reach/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 06:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55826 ThrustMe, a pioneering leader in satellite space propulsion systems, proudly announces celebrating one year of successfully ramping up to reach industrial-scale production. This achievement testifies to ThrustMe's leadership in producing the highest number of gridded ion thrusters to date and the only successfully demonstrated iodine-fed propulsion system worldwide.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/06/thrustme-announces-decarsin-as-marketing-and-comms-head/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 06:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55627 ThrustMe, an in-orbit propulsion system Company, has announced the appointment of Pia Decarsin as the new Head of Marketing and Communications. This strategic hire comes as ThrustMe continues its growth, now boasting a dynamic team of 40.  Pia Decarsin joins ThrustMe with over a decade of experience in strategic communications, content creation, and media relations for international organizations]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/02/thrustme-contracts-with-cnes-for-its-propulsion-system/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 07:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53548 ThrustMe has announced a transformative off-the-shelf contract with the French Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES). This purchase agreement is a testimony to the rapidly changing aerospace sector, where the lines between the legacy and new space are blurring. Long-standing actors such as CNES can benefit from complete and reliable industrial and standardized products for their space missions to accelerate development times and reduce costs.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/09/spacewatchgl-summer-listening-series-week-five-women-in-the-space-sector/ Sun, 03 Sep 2023 17:00:42 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50827 September is upon us, and as our gaze shifts towards the stars during those warm, clear nights, SpaceWatch.Global brings you its fifth and final collection of the Summer Listening Series. Based on the vote by our newsroom, we have mapped out an interstellar journey across five categories. After "Moon and Exploration," "Climate - Space - Earth," "Trendsetters," and "Space Debris and Regulations", this week is the turn of  "Women in the Space Sector"]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/thrustme-exceeds-100-orders-for-propulsion-systems/ Fri, 26 May 2023 06:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49018 https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/thrustme-to-provide-turion-space-with-vital-propulsion-capacities/ Fri, 05 May 2023 06:00:25 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=48467 ThrustMe and Turion Space have announced the selection of ThrustMe’s iodine electric propulsion system for their DROID.002 spacecraft. The American sustainable spacecraft company will integrate several NPT30-I2-1.5U thrusters to enable maneuverability for orbit raising and end-of-life disposal to its innovative space-debris observation and characterization mission. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/04/thrustme-propulsion-system-launched-onboard-spacex-falcon-9-rocket/ Wed, 19 Apr 2023 06:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=48108 ThrustMe , a French deep tech company, announced on the 17th of April that their NPT30-I2 iodine fueled electric propulsion system as part of the NorSat-TD satellite was successfully launched. ThrustMe designs miniaturized aerospace thrusters for small satellites, increasing the life of satellites and making them more affordable. The Norwegian Space Agency’s NorSat-TD satellite was onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/09/spire-selects-propulsion-provider-thrustme-for-new-lemur-satellites/ Thu, 01 Sep 2022 06:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=43062 In-orbit propulsion solutions provider ThrustMe, has delivered seven propulsion systems to Spire Global, for its LEMUR 3U satellites as the company builds upon its fully deployed constellation of over 100 satellites, ThrustMe said. This is the first time Spire will integrate and use propulsion on its LEMUR satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/07/thrustme-expands-its-propulsion-manufacturing-with-new-production-line/ Wed, 06 Jul 2022 06:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41982 In-orbit mobility solutions provider, ThrustMe, is renovating a 900-square-meter building in an industrial zone in the southern outskirt of Paris to turn it into a smart manufacturing site supporting high volume production of its propulsion systems, the company said.  The premises will accommodate a new production line and an increased number of employees]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/06/thrustme-wins-esa-gstp-contract-for-electric-propulsion-system/ Wed, 15 Jun 2022 06:00:21 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41532 In-orbit mobility solutions provider ThrustMe, has been awarded an ESA GSTP (General Support Technology Programme) contract to develop and qualify its electric propulsion system, NPT30-I2-1.5U. The technology will be integrated with GomSpace’s GOMX-5 satellite. The GOMX-5 mission aims to demonstrate new nanosatellite capabilities for the next generation of low Earth orbit constellations.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/05/the-space-cafe-podcast-054-ane-aanesland-ceo-of-thrustme-a-life-between-new-propulsion-technologies-and-arctic-adventures/ Wed, 11 May 2022 09:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40900 SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present: The Space Cafe Podcast #54 Ane Aanesland, CEO of ThrustMe. A life between new propulsion technologies and Arctic adventures. Ane Aanesland's company ThrustMe single-handedly developed a revolutionary iodine-based propulsion system that even NASA cut its teeth on and shelved decades ago. Ane would have loved to fly it with ESA or the Americans.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/04/space-cafe-radio-on-tour-with-ane-aanesland-of-thrustme/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 12:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40556 In this Space Café Radio -  SpaceWatch.Global Event coordinator and Space Café Benelux Host Chiara Moenter spoke with Ane Aanesland, co-founder, president, and CEO of ThrustMe, an industrial space startup providing simple solutions to maneuver satellites in space about the origins of ThrustMe, the importance of sustainability, and what the future holds.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/01/norwegian-norsat-td-to-demonstrate-european-high-tech/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29942&preview=true&preview_id=29942 Norwegian NorSat-TD to demonstrate European high-tech]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/01/thrustme-pioneers-with-iodine-propulsion-in-space/ Thu, 21 Jan 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29852&preview=true&preview_id=29852 ThrustMe pioneers with iodine propulsion in space]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/12/thrustme-and-spacety-launch-radar-satellite-on-long-march-8/ Thu, 24 Dec 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29274&preview=true&preview_id=29274 ThrustMe and Spacety launch radar satellite on Long March 8]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/11/spacewatchgl-column-dongfang-china-aerospace-news-roundup-9-nov-15-nov-2020/ Mon, 16 Nov 2020 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=28198&preview=true&preview_id=28198 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/11/thrustme-and-spacety-launch-first-iodine-propelled-spacecraft/ Mon, 09 Nov 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27994&preview=true&preview_id=27994 The French startup ThrustMe and the Luxembourg new space company Spacety launched the world’s first iodine propelled satellite into space, the companies said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/thrustme-supported-by-esa-to-work-on-alternative-electric-propulsion/ Tue, 06 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=26852&preview=true&preview_id=26852 ThrustMe supported by ESA to work on alternative electric propulsion]]>