Ragnarok Industries

Ragnarok Industries Inc. is a nano-satellite company founded in 2014, focused on advancing small satellite technology for commercial and government applications. The company develops 6U CubeSats featuring non-volatile electric propulsion systems, enabling missions to lunar orbit and beyond without the use of pressurized vessels or hazardous chemicals. Ragnarok was selected as one of six finalists for NASA's Cube Quest Challenge, a competition in which winning teams received a free secondary payload ride on NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) to geosynchronous orbit or lunar distance.

The company's flagship spacecraft, Heimdallr, is a 6U CubeSat equipped with electric ion propulsion, gimbaled deployable solar panels, three-axis attitude stabilization, and radiation-hardened components designed for deep space environments. Heimdallr was designed to reach lunar orbit and then position itself at the Moon-Earth L1 Lagrange point in a halo orbit, where it would support amateur radio communications in partnership with AMSAT.

Beyond competition objectives, Ragnarok's commercial vision targets mini high-throughput satellite (mini-HTS) constellations in high Earth orbit to deliver polar broadband internet services — serving markets including in-flight connectivity, Arctic/Antarctic research stations, and maritime industries such as oil, gas, and mining. The company has also contributed to STEM education by donating guidance, navigation, and control hardware to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology's TJ REVERB CubeSat mission.