{"id":54893,"date":"2022-08-18T18:27:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T10:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/benchmark-space-systems-rolls-out-cola-collision-avoidance-kit\/"},"modified":"2022-08-18T18:27:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T10:27:49","slug":"benchmark-space-systems-rolls-out-cola-collision-avoidance-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/benchmark-space-systems-rolls-out-cola-collision-avoidance-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Benchmark Space Systems Rolls Out \u2018ColA\u2019 Collision Avoidance Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benchmark Space Systems<\/strong>&nbsp;is rolling out a satellite collision avoidance kit \u2014 ColA \u2014 that the propulsion company says is an affordable, plug-and-play safety accessory for microsat and ESPA-class satellites.<\/p>\n<p>The chemical propulsion solution is a smaller version of Benchmark\u2019s heritage Halcyon thruster and is designed for electric propulsion and non-propulsive microsatellites to help them quickly steer clear in the event of approaching spacecraft or orbital debris. It can provide power for between two to 10 collision maneuvers.<\/p>\n<p>The kit is similar to a jump starter pack in a car, for \u201cthat moment where you\u2019re down on the side of the road and need a jump,\u201d said Chris Carella, Benchmark executive vice president of Business Development and Strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Carella said the ColA functions as insurance for valuable spacecraft equipped with a Hall-effect thruster, as an alternative for a full hybrid electric\/propulsion system.&nbsp;\u201cThe economics behind this is cheap insurance. If you have a $10 million to $50 million asset, you want a $100,000 kit that goes in your trunk that can get you out of trouble,\u201d he told&nbsp;<i>Via Satellite<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>As Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) becomes more crowded, satellites will need space sensors, onboard sensors and \u201cthe ability to get out of the way quickly\u201d to deal with debris or space traffic management situations, Carella said, and the ColA is a solution that fits into a responsible space traffic management strategy.<\/p>\n<p><em>Correction: A previous version of this story mistakenly identified the company name. It has been corrected.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benchmark Space Systems&nbsp;is rolling out a satellite collision avoidance kit \u2014 ColA \u2014 that the propulsion company says is an affordable, plug-and-play safety accessory for microsat and ESPA-class satellites. The chemical propulsion solution is a smaller version of Benchmark\u2019s heritage Halcyon thruster and is designed for electric propulsion and non-propulsive microsatellites to help them quickly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54893"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}