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Flying today · Proven in orbit

The engine keeping satellites exactly where they belong.

The Astra Spacecraft Engine is a magnetically shielded Hall-effect thruster for station-keeping, orbit-raising, collision avoidance, and controlled de-orbit. Ordered by the world's leading operators, built in Alameda, and flying with a perfect on-orbit record.

110+
Systems shipped, 2025
100%
On-orbit reliability
~1,400 s
Specific impulse
1–4
Engines per system
Specifications

Built to a standard, not a demo.

TypeHall-effect · magnetically shielded
Thrust (per engine)18–25 mN
Specific impulse~1,400 s
Input power300 W – 1.6 kW
PropellantXenon or Krypton
Total impulse (system)Scalable to multi-MN·s
Configurations1 · 2 · 3 · 4-engine
Qualification12,000+ cycles tested
ProductsASE · ASE Max
OriginDesigned & built in Alameda, USA

Astra Spacecraft Engine

Flight-proven electric propulsion
Configurations

One architecture. Scaled to the mission.

From a single thruster on a smallsat bus to a four-engine cluster for cis-lunar and interplanetary transfer, the same qualified building block scales with your power budget.

1
SINGLE

Smallsat station-keeping and de-orbit. Lowest mass and power.

2
DUAL

Redundancy or increased total impulse for larger buses.

3
TRIPLE

Constellation-class orbit-raising and collision avoidance.

4
QUAD · ASE MAX

Up to ~100 mN at 1.6 kW for cis-lunar and interplanetary missions.

Applications

What operators use it for.

[ STATION-KEEPING ]
Hold your slot

Precise, propellant-efficient position maintenance across a mission's full design life.

[ ORBIT-RAISING ]
Get to your operational orbit

Efficient transfer from drop-off to final orbit, extending usable payload mass.

[ COLLISION AVOIDANCE ]
Move when it matters

Responsive maneuvering to keep assets safe in an increasingly crowded LEO.

[ RESPONSIBLE DE-ORBIT ]
Leave orbit clean

Controlled end-of-life disposal to meet debris-mitigation requirements.

Flight heritage

Ordered by the operators who cannot afford surprises.

Dozens of systems on orbit with hundreds of successful burns, and a 100% mission-reliability record across every engine flown.

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