Investigating water-based propulsion of microsatellites

The University of Luxembourg together with Bradford Deep Space Industry have recently started a partnership collaboration to build an efficient and reliable numerical model for water-based propulsion of microsatellites. Sustainability in space. Back in the spotlight, the space market is in a great expansion and stretching the limits every day. New space companies are constantly innovating and adapting their solutions to face the new challenges coming up along the space conquest. Efficient and low-cost space propulsion continues to be the key technology that will allow development of a self-sustainable economy in space. In response to those challenges, space companies are growing interest in electrical propulsion systems using water as propellant. Indeed, the use of water as propellant allows deep space satellites to refuel during their trip by mining water which is an abundant resource in space.