Propulsion — market benchmark
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126listing sources
$6,500median published price (n=15)
Technical parameters
| Parameter | typical rangemiddle half of the market | median | distributionbar = middle half, line = full spread | stated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mass, kg | 0.684 – 20 | 1.95 | 126 of 395 | |
| Power, W | 7 – 350 | 40 | 129 of 395 | |
| Thrust, N | 0.021 – 65 | 1 | 206 of 395 | |
| Specific impulse, s | 223 – 1 125 | 323 | 140 of 395 | |
| Payload capacity, kg | 120 – 15250 | 400 | 10 of 395 thin | |
| Total impulse, N·s | 180 – 18 900 | 1 500 | 83 of 395 | |
| Lead time, mo | 1.38 – 9 | 3.68 | 21 of 395 | |
| Design life, yr | 3.88 – 7 | 5.5 | 12 of 395 | |
| TRL | 6 – 7 | 6 | 25 of 395 | |
| Radiation tolerance, krad | 9 – 28 | 21 | 6 of 395 thin | |
| Largest dimension, mm | 84 – 300 | 113 | 33 of 395 | |
| Published price, USD eq. | $3,675 – $47,736 | $6,500 | 15 of 395 |
Who lists the most in this category
VACCO Industries · 29 Yuzhnoye Design Bureau · 24 Busek Co. · 18 Aerojet Rocketdyne (L3Harris) · 14 Rafael Advanced Defense Systems - Space Division · 14 Bradford Space · 11 Applied Ion Systems · 10 CU Aerospace · 9
Methodology. Statistics are computed from normalized specifications of catalogued products (subcategories included). The typical range is the middle half of the market — a quarter of products sit below it and a quarter above — which describes the ordinary article better than the extremes: a category may hold both a 12 g separation nut and a 120 kg dispenser. “Stated by” is how many catalogued products carry the parameter at all; rows marked thin rest on fewer than twelve and should be read as an indication. Prices are supplier-published list prices converted to USD at fixed rates (EUR 1.08, GBP 1.27); most space hardware is priced on request, so price coverage is partial by nature. Lead times are parsed from supplier-stated availability. License: CC BY 4.0 — free to cite with a link. Cite as “NewSpace Market Intelligence, retrieved 2026-10-21” (dataset updated continuously).