Mars Space Ltd

Cubesats & nanosatellites are one of the fastest growing sectors of the space business with the number being launched into orbit increasing almost exponentially. They are evolving from being just university projects & technology demonstrators to commercial realities. The cubesat commercial market is dividing into two distinct segments. The first is 3 Unit...

In the past years Mars Space Ltd and Clyde Space Ltd have developed, qualified and sold to customers the first units of an electric propulsion (EP) subsystem for cubesat applications called PPTCUP. At present PPTCUP is the only cubesat EP subsystem to have been subjected to flight qualification. Nevertheless, since the development of this product started,...

Projections for cubesats and nanosatellites show that more than 2000 units will be launched between 2014 and 2020. Providing them with a light and reliable propulsion system will increase their capabilities making them appealing for a wider range of missions and increasing their economical attractiveness. Electric propulsion systems (EPS) that could be mi...

Mar Space Ltd is the first company to offer pulsed plasma thruster (PPTs) suitable to cubesat and nanosatellites operations. Thanks to PPTs these classes of satellites can increase their capability e.g. increasing their lifetime in space, flying in a formation or modifying their orbit ultimately increasing the services they can provide hence their economi...

Cubesat are small satellites with a mass of about 1 – 3 Kg and provide quick and cheap access to space. At present a propulsion subsystem for this class of spacecraft does not exist hence their manoeuvrability and lifetime are limited. Mars Space Ltd and Clyde Space Ltd have already developed a propulsion subsystem (called PPTCUP) able to double the orbit...