AXE thruster
Apollo Fusion is licensing technology from JPL to create a new high-power Hall thruster called AXE that offers a longer lifetime than existing systems.

Satellite electric propulsion startup Apollo Fusion is expanding its product line through an agreement with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, giving it access to advanced Hall thruster technology.

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