Brahmion details PCB micro-thruster ground test for satellites

Brahmion SpaceTech published a LinkedIn post on 12 September describing a ground test of a printed-circuit-board (PCB) micro-pulse thruster. The Kanpur company said the device used its BHP-95 propellant and a multi-catalytic system for small satellites.

Brahmion said the thruster is intended for attitude control and orbital manoeuvres by CubeSats, microsatellites and minisatellites. Its post gives no measured thrust, specific impulse, firing duration, number of runs or test conditions. No independent performance verification was available with the announcement.

Indian Startup News recirculated Brahmion's announcement on 22 September. Its post repeats the company's account and adds no test data or independent validation. The ground test remains a company-reported result, not a flight demonstration.

Brahmion says further testing, qualification and an eventual in-orbit demonstration are still needed. In a reply beneath its original post, co-founder and chief executive Ayush Sahu said the team's next focus is repeatability, thermal robustness and reliability under representative mission conditions. Neither the post nor the reply gives a date for an orbital test.