Satellites and subsystems > Orbit determination and control > Satellite and CubeSat thrusters > Starling Cold Gas Propulsion System
Key highlights
The Benchmark Space Systems Starling is a cold gas propulsion system with a specific impulse of 70s.
The propellant options include traditional pressurant gas or Benchmark's patented ODPS™ gas generation technique.
Starling can be configured with 1-4 thrusters. It is often used for momentum management and attitude control and can be scaled down for primary CubeSat operations.
Starling is designed to be safe and highly configurable. A patent is pending for the resistojet thruster configuration.
Starling is designed to be an ideal system when the robust and reliable propulsive capability is essential to mission success.
Flight heritage
The Benchmark Space Systems Halcyon has flown twice in June 2021. One of which is the Orbit fab Tenzing mission on SpaceX Transporter-2. It flew onboard the Spaceflight Sherpa LTC 2 Mission on SpaceX Starlink 4-20 in September 2022.
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Last updated: 2022-12-14
Starling Cold Gas Propulsion System
Technical specs
15 to 50 W (resistojet)
< 3 W (thrust valve)
105 s to 150 s (hot)
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