Hall-Effect Electric Propulsion

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Meet the best electric propulsion in the business. Configured around your mission.

Engineered for reliability. Backed by flight heritage.

“Orbion made propulsion one less problem for our team to solve. They understood the mission, worked within our spacecraft architecture, and delivered a system that just fit.”

“We trusted their team to handle the propulsion, and they did. It was honestly about as close to plug-and-play as space hardware gets.”

Focus on your mission. We’ll handle the propulsion.

Orbion designs and manufactures flight-proven electric propulsion systems that simplify spacecraft integration, reduce program risk, and deliver reliable performance from launch through on-orbit operations. And we know it’s not all about shiny hardware: our powerful and flexible software will make working with our products easy for your team. Less development cost. Simple on-orbit operation.

From 150 W to 1.5 kW—and every Watt in between.

Every spacecraft has its own power architecture. Don’t change it for our sake. Aurora and Nova span a broad range of propulsion capability, so we can work with the power your spacecraft already generates and the solar arrays you already plan to fly.

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agile & efficient

Aurora: Optimized for missions requiring total impulse up to 400kN-s and thrust up to 20 mN

the specs

Aurora delivers fully integrated, flight-proven electric propulsion for small satellites. Its modular architecture, radiation-hardened electronics, and compact SWaP envelope simplify integration without compromising performance.

Aurora is efficient for the long-haul and agile enough for the unexpected.

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Propellant	Xenon or Krypton
Input Voltage from Spacecraft	28 V unregulated (acceptable range: 24 – 35 V)
Dry Mass of System	8.3 kg (does not include tank, propellant lines, or mounting hardware)
Data Interface with Spacecraft	RS-422
Magnetic Dipole Moment	< 0.15 A-m²
Total Impulse	> 400 kN-s (demonstrated)

High-Capability Thruster · Larger Platforms

Nova: Electric Propulsion for missions requiring total impulse up to 1.5MN-s and thrust up to 75 mN

the specs

Nova is a fully integrated Hall-effect propulsion system for spacecraft needing up to 75 mN of thrust. It delivers greater power, higher thrust, and increased total impulse in a single integrated system.
Nova is there to meet the moment when your mission demands more.

Configure Nova Download Specs

Propellant	Xenon or Krypton
Input Voltage from Spacecraft	28 V unregulated
Dry Mass of System	10 kg (does not include tank or propellant lines)
Data Interface with Spacecraft	RS-422
Total Impulse	>1.5 MN-s

Aurora vs Nova: Which is Right for Your Mission?

You don’t have to figure that out. That’s our job.

Every mission brings its own combination of available electrical power, required thrust, total impulse, geometry, and integration constraints. So we don’t start by asking you to choose Aurora or Nova. We start with your mission.

Bring us the requirements, and we’ll do the heavy lifting.

From the initial technical exchange and specification review through detailed design and module engineering, Orbion works through the propulsion requirements with your team. We determine the right propulsion architecture, engineer it around your spacecraft, and handle the details required to make it fit.