Zenno Astronautics ·3 December 2023·1 outlet
Zenno's first hardware reached orbit on a SpaceX launch
Zenno Astronautics put its first hardware into space on a SpaceX rocket. The University of Auckland spin-off builds superconducting electromagnets that let satellites point, rotate and maneuver without carrying fuel.
We backed Zenno because fuel is the hard constraint on satellite lifetime and mission flexibility, and a fuel-free way to move and protect spacecraft addresses that directly across a fast-growing satellite market. Superconducting magnets are genuinely hard engineering, and the only argument that settles it is hardware in orbit rather than a paper. This was the first flight of that argument.
- Company
- Zenno Astronautics, www.zenno.space
- First reported
- 3 December 2023
- Outlets
- Stuff
Who covered it
- Zenno Astronautics: New Zealand man's invention hitches ride to space on Elon Musk SpaceX rocketStuff, 3 December 2023
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