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Benchmark Space Systems Fires Up Metal Plasma and Bi-Prop Thruster Production, Realigns Senior Executive Team to Deliver on Intensifying Hybrid Propulsion System Demand

Laser focused on delivering mobility without compromise, Benchmark Space Systems today announced it has signed contracts for nearly two dozen new electric metal plasma thrusters (MPTs), with some set ...
SpaceRef

Benchmark Space Systems Announces First “Autopilot” for Satellite Maneuvers

NASA rendering of a satellite propulsion system. Image credit: NASA. Burlington, Vermont-based Benchmark Space Systems made a pair of key announcements on August 9th. The first announcement was that ...
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Benchmark Space Systems Wins Second Air Force Research Lab Contract

Tapped to help U.S. defense agencies deploy safer propellant alternatives to hydrazine, Benchmark Space Systems today announced a two-year, $2.81 million AFRL SPRINT (Space Propulsion Research and ...
Seven Days

Vermont’s Benchmark Space Systems Makes Satellites More Maneuverable

What goes up must come down — and that can be a problem for companies that rely on satellite-based technology. Burlington-based Benchmark Space Systems has an answer: a propulsion system that allows ...
The Burlington Free Press

Satellites stay in orbit with help from thrusters made by this Burlington company

Benchmark Space Systems, located in Burlington's Hula co-working campus on Lake Champlain, is poised to put 10 times as many of its propulsion systems for satellites into space in 2023 as it did in ...