Benchmark Space Systems is an in-space propulsion company founded in 2017 and headquartered in South Burlington, Vermont. The company designs and manufactures chemical, electric and hybrid propulsion systems, including High-Test Peroxide and ASCENT monopropellant thrusters, serving spacecraft from 3U CubeSats through ESPA and orbital-transfer-vehicle class missions in low Earth orbit, geostationary orbit and beyond. By 2023 Benchmark had flown propulsion systems on more than fifteen missions and had raised 33.2 million dollars in Series B funding to scale manufacturing against a backlog of more than 220 propulsion systems.
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Agency TypeIn-space propulsion company 1 Founded Year HeadquartersBurlington, Vermont, United States 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Benchmark Space Systems, Company
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BURLINGTON, VT 05401 USA
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Wesley Grove, Chief Executive Officer
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Designing and manufacturing propulsion systems for responsive, sustainable in-space operations
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Founded in a South Burlington strip mall in 2017
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