A System to Fit your Mission
The CUA family of micropropulsion systems provide a broad range of capabilities from high thrust to high specific impulse to best suit the needs of the customer. Our unique and innovative approach have introduced new propellants that offer "greener", safer, and less expensive alternatives to traditional violatile options, or rare, costly, Nobel gas propellants.
Collision avoidance and eventually deorbiting satellites dramatically help to avoid the escalation of the growing orbital debris problem, which ultimately could lead to what is known as the ‘Kessler syndrome’ – a catastrophic space scenario where there is so much debris in low Earth orbit (LEO) that the probability of collision is high enough that it is no longer safe to launch spacecraft into or through the debris field.
The deorbiting capability of CUA’s different technologies enables satellites to meet the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) relatively new five-year deorbit rule. This is especially important for satellites having altitudes higher than atmospheric drag alone or passive deorbit deployment options can handle.
Advantages of CUA's life-cycle propulsion solutions include:
Collision avoidance
Orbit raising and lowering
Inclination change
Rendezvous
Drag makeup and orbit maintenance
Deorbiting at end of satellite useful life