CEO · Founder, Valiant Space
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Valiant Space's VS-1 thruster has reached orbit aboard Space Machines Company's Optimus servicing vehicle after flying on a Falcon 9, with its development backed by an Australian Space Agency grant programme.
Valiant Space receives a government grant under the Moon to Mars Initiative to scale and flight-test its non-toxic thruster, with orbital demonstrations planned aboard SpaceX missions ahead of a 2023 market entry.
An Australian maker of satellite thrusters will fly its valve technology on a SpaceX Falcon 9 via Skykraft's rideshare, following a space agency grant the previous year to develop the thruster.
Thruster maker Valiant Space will test its VS-1 propellant valve on a Skykraft rideshare mission launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in June, having recently won a $200,000 Australian Space Agency Moon to Mars grant.