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Benchmark demonstrates high-throughput ASCENT thruster in hotfire testing at Edwards Air Force Base

Written by  Debra Werner Wednesday, 10 December 2025 12:00

SAN FRANCISCO – Benchmark Space Systems’ ASCENT-fueled Macaw thruster performed a 10-minute continuous burn, clearing the way for an on-orbit application of the propulsion technology, the company announced Dec.

10. “Because ASCENT has 50% greater impulse density than other monopropellants, mission planners and spacecraft designers can get the similar delta-v [change in velocity] with less […]

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