The flight-proven Halcyon Avant is our flagship product, developed for high-thrust cubesat through ESPA satellite operations. The bipropellant (HTP+fuel) system can reach specific impulse of 300 seconds. Configurations feature 22 newton "Ocelot" thrusters and a variety of tank sizes and system architectures to suit your mission.
Our Halcyon system features a one newton “Felicette” thruster, providing excellent impulse bit performance for precision operations. Multiple Halcyon systems launched on an undisclosed government mission and OrbitFab’s Tenzing refueling demo mission.
Our Halcyon Avant product line can also be operated in monopropellant mode, offering a wider range of thrust classes available for select missions.
Explore our full line of thrusters, designed with readily available, low-cost catalyst materials, our thrusters deliver rigorously tested, mission-proven performance at excellent cost and lead times
Check out a thermal video of an Ocelot thruster hotfire at our facility
Our experienced team designs, builds and operates state of the art ground support equipment (GSE) for loading a range of liquid propellants, specialized for HTP and ASCENT operations. Benchmark has years of experience testing and loading spacecraft at launch sites worldwide.
Our GSE is compact, self-sufficient and reliable, with loading procedures that are safe efficient, and compliant with industry regulations.
