Benchmark demonstrates high-throughput ASCENT thruster in hotfire testing at Edwards Air Force Base

Benchmark demonstrates high-throughput ASCENT thruster in hotfire testing at Edwards Air Force Base

SAN FRANCISCO – Benchmark Space Systems’ ASCENT-fueled Macaw thruster performed a 10-minute continuous burn, clearing the way for an on-orbit application of the propulsion technology, the company announced Dec. 10. “Because ASCENT has 50% greater impulse density than other monopropellants, mission planners and spacecraft designers can get the similar delta-v [change in velocity] with less […] The post Benchmark demonstrates high-throughput ASCEN…