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Key highlights

Low-outgassing stepper motors with optional redundant windings for LEO, GEO, or beyond. Compact, Japan-made, competitively priced, with lead times of three months or less. Gearbox and encoder integration available.

Applications

  • Small satellite
  • Gimbal
  • Solar Array Drive Assembly (SADA)
  • Deployment mechanism

Key features

  • Made in Japan
  • NEMA sizes: 11, 14, 17, 23 
  • Step angle: 1.8°/step
  • 4-wire (or 8-wire redundant) bipolar connection
  • Operational temp: -20°C to 90°C
  • Survivability temp: -40°C to 125°C
  • Low outgassing materials
  • Wide torque range available for each NEMA size

Customization

  • Redundant windings
  • Resistance per phase
  • Custom shaft length, diameter, and shape
  • Custom lead wire length and connectors
  • Mounting interface on the rear bracket
  • Gear box and position sensor integration

Manufacturing

Leveraging over 60 years of motor manufacturing experience and more than a century of corporate history, ASPINA delivers space-grade stepper motors with robust mass production capabilities and stringent quality control.
Our expertise in automotive, medical, and industrial applications enables excellent mass production capabilities and quality control. We are able to manufacture large quantities with consistently high quality —even for space applications.

Export control

  • Non-ITAR
  • HS code: 8501.10

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Last updated: 2025-09-15

Space-grade stepper motor

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