Parabilis Space Technologies, Inc. of San Marcos, CA announced that it was awarded a Phase II contract by NASA to develop an innovative hybrid motor propulsion system utilizing its proprietary Aft-injection, Center Exhaust (ACE) design for use in a Mars sample return mission.  “Sample return from extraterrestrial bodies is critical to the advancement of human...Continue reading

Parabilis Space Technologies, Inc. of San Marcos, CA announced that it entered into an agreement to provide engineering for the Landmapper B-C, a constellation of ten broad coverage satellites (weighing 10kg each) developed by Astro Digital in Mountain View, CA.  The Landmapper B-C system will provide daily imaging of agricultural land at 22 meters resolution,...Continue reading

Parabilis Space Technologies, Inc., in collaboration with Utah State University (USU), was awarded a Phase II contract to develop a low cost, high performance launch vehicle upper stage that uses hydrogen peroxide and a polymer fuel grain as propellants. Development of this upper stage will fulfill growing mission demands of the extensive CubeSat and NanoSat...Continue reading

Parabilis Space Technologies, Inc. of San Marcos, CA announced that it entered into an agreement to provide engineering for the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) developed by Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, TX.  The mission of CYGNSS is to advance cyclone forecasting and tracking methods by studying the relationship between ocean surface properties,...Continue reading

Parabilis Space Technologies, Inc. of San Marcos, CA announced that it was awarded a contract with NASA to develop an innovative hybrid motor propulsion solution utilizing a novel bi-axial fuel grain design.  This system will be significantly shorter than conventional hybrid motor systems, while still maintaining the traditional advantages commonly associated with hybrid rockets:  safety,...Continue reading

Parabilis Space Technologies, Inc. of San Marcos, CA announced that it has signed an agreement with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to conduct propulsion-related tests of the fuel/oxidizer combination intended for a Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) to be used in a future sample return mission.  Parabilis will design and construct the test article, and perform a...Continue reading

Parabilis Space Technologies, Inc. announced that it was awarded a Phase II contract to further develop and commercialize an innovative, high-performance, additively-manufactured, 100-lbf class RCS thruster that uses liquid methane and LOx as propellants. The thruster features a monolithic design and numerous integrated cooling channels that are only possible because of additive manufacturing. The design...Continue reading

Parabilis Space Technologies, Inc. announced that it was awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a densified methane gel for use as a rocket propellant. This contract includes the design of an electric pump specifically for high density “gelled” propellants. The innovations from this contract should enable the use...Continue reading

Parabilis Space Technologies, Inc. announced that it has been certified as a qualified HUBZone business concern by the SBA. Parabilis is now eligible for HUBZone consideration when competing for government business opportunities, and will be included on the list of qualified HUBZone business concerns.

Parabilis Space Technologies, Inc. announced that it was awarded a NASA SBIR contract and a NASA STTR contract for the development of two innovative propulsion systems. The SBIR award is to develop a liquid oxygen/liquid methane RCS-class thruster manufactured as a monolithic structure using 3D printing processes. This work will be performed in collaboration with...Continue reading