Our Services

Desert Works Propulsion is the first and only provider of spacecraft electric propulsion expertise as a service.

Teaming up with industry leaders not only saves you the time and resources of building an in-house team but also provides an unmatched competitive edge through our expertise, unattainable with internal resources.

What We Can Do For You

From hardware design dilemmas to manufacturing complexities, we’re your partner every step of the way.

The Desert Works Propulsion team is committed to pushing the boundaries of EP technology and discovering unique solutions to complex space propulsion challenges for our clients. 

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Unlocking Possibilities in Space Propulsion

In the quest for interstellar achievement, speed is paramount. We’re your key to outpacing competition in the space domain realm.

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Cost Effective Tests
+ Evaluations

We just completed a new state of the art testing facility to offer clients cost-effective, novel testing capabilities.

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Fabricating Thruster Solutions

Our skilled team excels in analyzing, designing, and manufacturing thruster components and assemblies, along with providing high-voltage test support equipment.

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Excellence Crafted
For Your Vision

Our mission is to offer incomparable consultation and support in the development of electric propulsion thrusters and systems. 

Power Processing Unit (PPU) by Desert Works Propulsion, featuring a robust design with multiple fans and switches, crucial for optimizing power delivery in electric propulsion systems like the TIE-20 and IONPRO™ Series.

Areas of Expertise

We excel in devising new, innovative solutions for our clients. Present your specific requirements or challenges to us, and we will develop a customized solution aligned with your business’s needs.

  • Our team excels in the analyses, design, and manufacturing of thruster components and assemblies.

    • EP thruster and propulsion system design, fabrication, and assembly

      • Gridded-Ion, Hall-effect, Magnetoplasmadynamic, Pulsed-plasma, Arcjets, and Resistojets

      • Novel patent-pending concepts, operating from a few watts to hundreds of kilowatts

    • EP power processor unit development

    • Design and fabrication of plasma diagnostics, power electronics, and high voltage test support equipment

  • Our new, state-of-the-art testing facility for product development allows us to support customer needs using cost-effective, novel test approaches.

    • In-house, new state of the art testing facility

    • Our new, state-of-the-art in-house testing facility for product development allows us to support customer needs using cost-effective, novel test approaches.

    • Test support equipment development

      • Thruster power electronics

      • Data acquisition and control systems

      • Plasma diagnostics

    • Tailored consultation and assistance aimed at addressing your specific requirements, encompassing tasks such as formulating test protocols, overcoming manufacturing hurdles, and refining operational concepts

    • Proposal preparation for propulsion technology development, and execution of proposal work

    • Requirements definition and technician support for implementation of vacuum facilities

    • Chemical thruster research and analysis

    • Flight implementation support, including development of flight sequences and algorithms, modeling of chemical and EP system-spacecraft interactions, and mission operations support

    • Customer discovery

Novel Solutions to Complex Propulsion Challenges

Our team works with each client to develop advanced concepts tailored to their business goals. In 2023, we engineered a design modification for conventional ion engines, resulting in a remarkable 40% increase in thrust density. This pioneering achievement is slated for integration in an engine design for a U.S. Government customer. Find out what we can do for you.

Scalable Technology

We developed the patented Annular Ion Engine (AIE), allowing for the scalability of ion thruster technology to achieve enhanced performance levels.

IONPRO™ Series

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Introducing our groundbreaking Engine Modular Design and Construction approach—a new era in engine design. The patent-pending IONPRO™ Series offers reconfigurability and mission optimization, providing a long-term, cost-effective solution for our clients.

TIE-20 Engine

A close-up rendering of the TIE-20 Thruster, an advanced Gridded Ion Thruster developed by Desert Works Propulsion in collaboration with Turion Space Corporation.

In partnership with Turion Space Corporation, we developed the TIE-20 Thruster, an advanced Gridded Ion Thruster that combines the benefits of ion and Hall-effect thrusters, promising a longer lifetime, high specific impulse, and enhanced reliability, setting a new standard in the electric propulsion market.