Brennan Bryant, Stellar Exploration design engineer, is shown with the Stellar Exploration propulsion module that helped propel an EchoStar nanosatellite to the altitude covered by its S-band license.

Stellar Exploration supplied the propulsion system for the Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems spacecraft that ultimately helped EchoStar claim potentially valuable S-band spectrum rights.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...