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Dual Mode Propulsion for Small Satellites
Award last edited on: 8/22/2022

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : AF
Total Award Amount
$799,590
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
J201-CSO1
Principal Investigator
Jason Sommerville

Company Information

Orbion Space Technology Inc

101 West Lakeview Drive
Houghton, MI 49931
   (906) 370-2376
   brad.king@orbionspace.com
   www.orbionspace.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 01
County: Houghton

Phase I

Contract Number: FA8649-20-P-0626
Start Date: 3/9/2020    Completed: 6/9/2020
Phase I year
2020
Phase I Amount
$50,000
Providing a responsive propulsive impulse to avoid targeting and collisions in space by combining a cold gas capability in an electric propulsion system that is being offered for commercial applications on smallsats.

Phase II

Contract Number: FA8649-21-P-0783
Start Date: 3/12/2021    Completed: 12/12/2022
Phase II year
2021
Phase II Amount
$749,590
Orbion Space Technology proposes the development and test of an integrated, high-efficiency electric and high-thrust cold gas propulsion capability as an option on the company’s commercial electric propulsion solution called Aurora. The resulting Aurora-C