Sidus Space Inc (NASDAQ:SIDU) said it has engaged Dawn Aerospace to implement their green, chemical propulsion technology into Sidus’ satellite LizzieSat.
The company said, among its novel characteristics, LizzieSat’s size allows Sidus to include propulsion and provide precision pointing and maneuvering otherwise not available to smaller cubesats.
Additionally, propulsion provides a longer life on orbit which means continued data transfer and revenue opportunity, Sidus said.
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Each LizzieSat is 100kg with approximately 20kg dedicated to payloads including remote sensing instruments. The larger mass also allows design for redundancy and reliability into the spacecraft, according to Sidus.
“We believe Dawn’s turnkey propulsion technology will allow us to extend our time in orbit and deliver on our future value proposition of providing space-based data to a multitude of industries,” commented Sidus CEO Carol Craig.
Sidus Space is a Space-as-a-Service company focused on mission critical hardware manufacturing combined with commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection.
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