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2021 has been by far the most significant year in the history of Phase Four

Satellite electric propulsion company Phase Four has completed testing of a new thruster that it says offers significantly improved performance

In the wake of delivering its 10th flight unit, Phase Four announces 85%+ performance improvement in 2nd generation thruster

Space startup Phase Four will be rolling out the next generation of its Maxwell radio-frequency plasma propulsion system next year

Phase Four’s Maxwell engines deliver high end plasma performance with novel high duty cycle operations

Phase Four’s propellant-agnostic RF Thruster is poised to enable new ‘multi-mode’ propulsion capabilities on government and commercial spacecraft.

RFT also possesses a second silver bullet: the power electronics are much simpler than legacy EP systems, making them highly compact, and significantly lighter.

Phase Four’s flight proven electric propulsion systems dramatically reduce costs and lead times for satellite constellation manufacturing and deployment

Capella Space launched its fourth synthetic aperture radar satellite June 30 with a Maxwell electric thruster manufactured by propulsion startup Phase Four.

Phase Four announced that a Maxwell engine was launched onboard a Capella Space SAR satellite on the SpaceX Transporter-2 dedicated rideshare launch on June 30th. This marks the company’s fourth engine sent to space with Capella since January 24th of 2021.