Steve Battel

Space Electronics Expert at Orbion Space Technology

Steven Battel leads design, test, and manufacturing activities focused on space power electronics at Orbion. Steve has 40 years of experience as an aerospace consultant, engineer, and manager and is well-known within the space community for his science and engineering leadership related to the development of space power systems and scientific instruments. He has designed, built, and flown over 300 different space electronics systems and components including hardware flown on the Hubble Space Telescope, Gravity Probe-B, Mars-Phoenix, Cassini and the Mars Science Laboratory. He has also participated in more than 85 review and advisory boards for NASA missions including HST, GOES, TDRS, Parker Solar Probe, LandSat, Mars 2020, and Europa Clipper. Steve is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a Senior Member of IEEE. He was also was elected to the National Academy of Engineers in 2016 “for engineering design and implementation of space flight systems.”


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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.


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