Aurora Product Portfolio
Aurora Resistojet Modules (ARM)
Miniature water resistojet thrusters
These products utilize the miniature resistojet thrusters with mass of < 1g. The products are designed for CubeSats of all sizes, for multiple use cases:
- ARM-C: Collision avoidance
- ARM-O: Orbit control
- ARM-A: Attitude Control
- ARM-6: 6-Degrees-of-Freedom control
Aurora Plasma Brake (APB)
Propellantless deorbit device
The Plasma Brake uses a thinner-than-hair microtether to deorbit the satellite at end-of-life. Usable at up to 1000 km orbits, and by up to 1000 kg spacecraft, the following products are available:
- APB-Spin: CubeSat TunaCan form factor Plasma Brake for satellites up to 100 kg
- APB-Grav: Large Gravity gradient -stabilized Plasma Brake for satellites larger than 50 kg
Collision Avoidance
Do you want to avoid collisions at a reasonable cost? Do you need a redundant system to increase reliability? Do you want to save on in-flight insurance costs?
Aurora addresses the increasing collision risk by Collision Avoidance Unit (ARM-C). It is a microscale water-based propulsion for safety of CubeSats and SmallSats.
- Less than 0,05U, about the size of a swiss-knife
- Easy to integrate due to its plug and play design
- Highly scalable as you need a single unit for up to 25kg satellites, and multiple units (2-10) for bigger satellites up to 300kg
Aurora and Kayhan jointly offer Collision Avoidance Solution PROACT™ to promote space safety. PROACT™, is an intuitive, fully autonomous collision avoidance system which consists of:
- Aurora Collision Avoidance Thruster Unit: ARM-C (hardware)
- Kayhan Space service subscription (software)
Benefits that you will get with our collision avoidance unit/solution:
- comply with tightening legislation and reduce risks in the future
- safer flights so you can focus on the mission at hand
- become sustainable & gain public acceptance
TunaCan Plasma Brake
The TunaCan Plasma Brake is the smallest Plasma Brake variant, able to fit to any common CubeSat deployer’s Tuna Can volume allocation. It can deorbit satellites from orbits up to 1000 km in altitude.
High-level specifications
- Dimensions: 80 mm diameter, 75m depth cylinder
- Command interface: RS-422
- Electrical power inputs: 3.3 V, 12 V
- Power consumption: 1 W average, 12 W peak
- Deorbit time: 0.5 – 5 years, depending on satellite mass and altitude as well as weather conditions (yes, really!)
APB’s single microtether wire is only 50 μm thick which ensures that it does not interfere with other space assets in a negative manner.
MEPE: Attitude and Orbit control
For constellations and deep space missions
Do you need cost efficient propulsion and accurate attitude control for your consellations or deep space mission? Do you want to reduce operational complexity and satellite size? Do you want to lower launch and yearly operating costs?
Multi-Modal Electric Propulsion Engine (MEPE) is developed as a combination thruster for both orbital changes and attitude control in a minimal form factor. It is ideal for both on and off LEO missions.
- One tank and one propellant management system
- Best of both: high thrust & high impulse
- Hall-Effect thruster for obital changes
- Resistojet thrusters for attitude control
- Multi-mission capability
- Highly compact (5U)
- Savings on integration
Benefits that you will get with our solution:
- highly integrated solution
- reduce launch cost with orbital control capabilities
- secure the operation of your constellation
- capability for deep space operations
Custom ARM modules
A multi-thruster system capable of full 3-axis attitude control, orbital maneuvering and collision avoidance. Water-based propellant mixture ensures safety and hassle free shipping and launch.
Size variants range from 0.3 U to 1.0 U+, depending on the size of the propellant tank. Standard sizes fit 1-12 U CubeSats, other form factors available upon request.