CU Aerospace

CU Aerospace, LLC is a US aerospace engineering and technology company affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, headquartered in Champaign, Illinois, developing advanced micropropulsion systems, pulsed plasma thrusters, and other space propulsion and energy technologies for small satellites and CubeSats. The company's propulsion products including Pulsed Plasma Thrusters (PPTs) and micro-solid rocket motors provide attitude control, station-keeping, and small delta-V manoeuvre capability for nanosatellites and CubeSats, with multiple systems flown on orbital missions. CU Aerospace serves small satellite developers, government laboratories, universities, and commercial constellation operators requiring miniaturised, flight-proven propulsion for nanosatellite class spacecraft.