Orbion Aurora
Orbion Aurora is a xenon Hall-effect electric propulsion system identified in NASA’s Small Spacecraft State of the Art propulsion survey. Orbion’s current thruster page describes continuous throttleability from 100–300 W; this record normalizes that operating range to 0.1–0.3 kW and does not assert a specific spacecraft installation or lifecycle status.
Identity
- Aliases
- AuroraOrbion AuroraAurora Hall thruster
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- model
- Kind
- electric-thruster
- Name
- Orbion Aurora
- Status
- unknown
Details
- Description
- Orbion Aurora is a xenon Hall-effect electric propulsion system identified in NASA’s Small Spacecraft State of the Art propulsion survey. Orbion’s current thruster page describes continuous throttleability from 100–300 W; this record normalizes that operating range to 0.1–0.3 kW and does not assert a specific spacecraft installation or lifecycle status.
- Electric Specs
- Input Power Kw Max
- 0.3
- Input Power Kw Min
- 0.1
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 7, 2026 at 03:44:26 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 14:56:24 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Note
- NASA’s current survey lists Orbion Aurora as a xenon electric propulsion product; lifecycle and installation are not asserted here.
- Publisher
- NASA Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute
- Title
- State-of-the-Art Small Spacecraft Technology — In-Space Propulsion
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-22
- Note
- Orbion’s current product page identifies Aurora as a fully integrated Hall-effect propulsion system and lists its Hall-effect thruster as continuously throttleable from 100–300 W; that range is normalized to 0.1–0.3 kW in electricSpecs, without asserting a specific flight installation or lifecycle label.
- Publisher
- Orbion Space Technology
- Title
- Thrusters