SEP Upper Stage for Small Launch Vehicles

The advent of small launch vehicles has enabled the launch of small satellites on-demand into optimized orbits at affordable costs, leading to a rapid expansion of the small/micro satellite market.nbsp; However, these small launch vehicles are inherently limited to LEO and currently struggle to support NASArsquo;s push for lunar exploration.nbsp; ExoTerrarsquo;s Solar Electric Propulsion Upper Stage augments small launch vehicles to enable missions to GEO, Trans-Lunar Injection, Earth-Moon Lagrange Points, Lunar Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits, and Low Lunar Orbit.nbsp; We have partnered with Virgin Orbit to develop an upper stage tailored to Virginrsquo;s LauncherOne that can deliver up to 168 kg to the Moon, enabling low-cost lunar exploration using small satellites and landers.nbsp; This will aid in NASA#39;s push to establish a permanent outpost on the Moon by providing a steady cadence of microsatellite scale support missions to the Moon such as CLPS landers, observers, GPS and telecom relays.