ESA and GomSpace sign contract to develop miniaturized electric propulsion system
Today, GomSpace’s subsidiary in Sweden and ESA have signed a contract to develop a miniaturized electric propulsion system suitable for small spacecrafts going on interplanetary missions.The contract will be carried out under ESA’s General Support Technology Program during the next 18 months, and the value is EUR 700,000. The work will be led by GomSpace Sweden and executed together with ASP Equipment and IMS Space Consultancy. Small satellites are also being considered in the frame of interplanetary science missions, and in case the small spacecraft is not hitch-hiking on a mother