Orbion Space Technology
Jason Sommmerville integrates his expertise from multiple technology sectors to drive Orbion’s vision for space products. He has been designing, analyzing, and optimizing in-space propulsion and control systems for more than a decade. He is an expert in components and architectures for traditional, micro-, and nanosatellites, with particular focus on Hall-effect thrusters. Jason has designed and built hardware and software for systems across a wide range of applications from satellite instruments to automotive components. Much of this work was done as founder of UPVI LLC, a National Instruments Alliance Partner. He earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University.
Orbion Space Technology
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Orbion Space Technology is developing and manufacturing revolutionary plasma propulsion systems for small satellites. Because of their fuel efficiency, Orbion’s thrusters can save spacecraft operators millions of dollars in operating costs while increasing the value of the spacecraft’s data product. Orbion has a novel manufacturing approach that will enable production of plasma thrusters at the unprecedentedly high rates that are required to equip the space revolution.