Propulsion — Space Hardware Marketplace

VACCO Couplings and Disconnects

• FamiliesPneumatic couplings; cryogenic fluid couplings; hazardous fluid couplings
• Coupling typeHuman-rated T-0 interstage disconnects and in-space refueling mechanisms
• ApplicationsFill/vent/purge/leak-check, fuel-cell and propulsion fill & drain, cryogenic vent, on-orbit refueling

Pneumatic, cryogenic and hazardous-fluid quick disconnects and human-rated T-0 couplings for launch vehicles, spacecraft and on-orbit refueling.

VACCO Universal Satellite Pressure Regulator (VUSPR)

• ConfigurationsSingle-stage to series-redundant; hard-seat and soft-seat
• Max flowUp to 1.0 lbm/sec (high-flow designs)
• Compatible mediaArgon, helium, iodine, nitrogen, oxygen, water, xenon

High-precision pressure regulator family flying on human-spaceflight and commercial satellite platforms, from the Space Shuttle to NASA's Mars…

VACCO Fill and Drain Valves

• TypesHigh pressure and low pressure fill & drain (service) valves
• OperationManual, anti-rotation rising-stem design
• SealingTwo or three redundant seals against external leakage

Manually operated high- and low-pressure service valves for filling and draining gases and propellants on spacecraft and missiles.

VACCO Thruster Valves

Monopropellant, bipropellant and cold-gas thruster valves for attitude control, reaction control and orbital maneuvering, including the Cold Gas…

VACCO Check and Relief Valves

• ConfigurationsSingle, parallel, series-redundant check valves; single-seat non-propulsive relief valves
• ApplicationBi-propellant and dual-mode propulsion systems
• Flight heritageBoeing HS601/HS702, Star-2, FS-1300, DS2000, GPS III, Cygnus, HTV, Solar Dynamics Observatory

Propulsion check valves and non-propulsive relief valves providing over 40 years of flight-proven overpressure and backflow protection.

VACCO Latch Valves / Isolation Valves

• Valve typeHigh-pressure latch, low-pressure latch, positive isolation
• Max operating pressureUp to 5,000 psia (350 bar)
• MaterialsTitanium or stainless steel

Flight-proven high- and low-pressure latch (isolation) valves used across commercial and government satellite propulsion systems since 1988.

URA HYDRA Hybrid Propulsion System

• PropellantWater (electrolysed on-board to O2/H2)
• Chemical thruster modeBi-propellant ICE (catalytic combustion)
• Electric thruster modeBi-propellant Hall-effect thruster (HET)

Hybrid chemical-electrical propulsion system combining a bi-propellant chemical thruster (ICE) and a Hall-effect thruster (HET) around a single…

URA MET (Microwave Electrothermal Thruster) – AQUAMET / NMET / COMET / XMET / KMET

Microwave electrothermal thrusters generating a free-floating plasma discharge to heat a wide range of propellants, offered in water,…

URA HET (Hall-effect Thruster) – WETHET / AquaHET

Family of Hall-effect thrusters operating on gaseous oxygen (WETHET) or water vapour (AquaHET), offering high specific impulse with…

URA ICE Thruster (Electrolysis Chip Thruster)

MEMS-manufactured propulsion system combining water electrolysis and hydrogen-oxygen catalytic combustion in a chip-based thruster, scalable from CubeSats to…

MOTOR MT-B

The MT-B is a bipropellant liquid rocket engine with a single regeneratively cooled thrust chamber, designed for the…

MT-B

The MT-B is a bipropellant liquid rocket engine with a single regeneratively cooled thrust chamber, designed for the…

ASET Air-Scooping Electric Thruster

• Propulsion typeAir-breathing electric thruster (ABEP)
• Propellant sourceAtmospheric gas collected in-orbit (no onboard propellant tank required)
• Target orbit regimeVery Low Earth Orbit (VLEO)

Air-breathing electric propulsion system that harvests residual upper-atmosphere gas in Very Low Earth Orbit and converts it into…

AIS-SWAG1-QUAD

The AIS-SWAG1-QUAD is a Sublimation Warm Gas Thruster designed for CubeSats, offering 480uN of thrust and a total…

AIS-VAT1-PQ

A flight-qualified micro vacuum arc thruster (MVAT) using solid bismuth fuel, designed to provide propulsion for PocketQube and…

AIS-SWAG1-PQ Sublimation Warm Gas Thruster

A PocketQube-class sublimation warm gas thruster using solid unpressurized Adamantane propellant, providing 120uN thrust for up to 7…

AIS-gPPT3-1C Series Integrated Propulsion Module

An open-source, ultra-low-cost micro pulsed plasma thruster module designed for PocketQubes and CubeSats, with confirmed flight heritage on…

AIS-VAT2 Vacuum Arc Thruster

The AIS-VAT2 is a next-generation vacuum arc thruster designed for CubeSats, offering propulsion at 20W or less and…