Category Press Releases

CUA Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Contract for VLEO Air-Breathing MPD Thruster Development

CUA Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Contract for VLEO Air-Breathing MPD Thruster Development

CU Aerospace, LLC, a leading aerospace engineering company for small satellite propulsion, is proud…
CU Aerospace DUPLEX Satellite headed to the ISS on SpaceX NG-23 Mission

CU Aerospace DUPLEX Satellite headed to the ISS on SpaceX NG-23 Mission

 CU Aerospace, LLC, a leading aerospace engineering company for small satellite propulsion, is proud…
CUA Featured in The Innovation Platform Special Focus Space July 2025 Issue

CUA Featured in The Innovation Platform Special Focus Space July 2025 Issue

CUA discusses the multiple innovative micropropulsion systems that it has developed for future…
CUA is Featured in New INN eBook

CUA is Featured in New INN eBook

CU Aerospace, LLC of Champaign, Illinois Tackles the Challenges of Space Debris in Low Earth Orbit…
Name Dropping | Burton's Love of Rocket Propulsion Continues to Soar

Name Dropping | Burton's Love of Rocket Propulsion Continues to Soar

These days, Burton, a retired professor in the University of Illinois Department of Aerospace…
CUA Polymer-Fibre Satellite Micropropulsion Systems Readying for Launch

CUA Polymer-Fibre Satellite Micropropulsion Systems Readying for Launch

CU Aerospace is preparing to launch a series of innovative micropropulsion systems for flight on…
The Innovation Platform: Applications for low-temperature plasmas

The Innovation Platform: Applications for low-temperature plasmas

Dr. Joseph Zimmerman, Director of Plasmadynamics at CU Aerospace, discusses recent experimental…
CU Aerospace: reducing space debris with micropropulsion systems

CU Aerospace: reducing space debris with micropropulsion systems

Spun out of the University of Illinois Aerospace Engineering Department in 1998, Champaign Urbana…
Using Software Technologies to Enable Spacecraft Trajectory Optimisation

Using Software Technologies to Enable Spacecraft Trajectory Optimisation

The advent of new space technology, the greater coupling of space systems, and more frequent access…
CUA Technology, VascTech, Featured on Innovation News Network

CUA Technology, VascTech, Featured on Innovation News Network

CU Aerospace is featured in an article "VascTech materials - the possibilities are endless" in the…
CUA Is Featured in Innovation News Network Article

CUA Is Featured in Innovation News Network Article

Links are no longer live. CU Aerospace is featured in an article "CU Aerospace: Revolutionizing…
CubeSail Mission Highlighted in NASA Elana XIX Mission Video

CubeSail Mission Highlighted in NASA Elana XIX Mission Video

NASA recently released a documentary featuring the ELaNa XIX launch on a Rocket Lab Electron rocket…