http://www.dailybreeze.com/technology/20160310/silicon-beach-meets-corporate-aerospace-giants-at-redondo-beach-innovation-hub

Phase Four presented at the Starburst Accelerator accelerator on March 10th at CEO Simon Halpern’s old stomping grounds of Space Park (Northrop Grumman).

“Though the local aerospace industry has shrunk considerably since the Cold War ended three decades ago, much remains, buoyed by a fast-increasing number of startups. Cities like El Segundo welcome the newcomers with open arms, hoping they will fill in revenue streams that went dry with the transforming economy.”

Phase Four recently moved into its new headquarters in El Segundo, and is excited to be a part of the tech transformation that is taking place in Southern California.

Innovative Aerospace Start-ups Featured in LightSpeed's New Space Pitch & Demo Day http://reut.rs/1O4UEif via @reuters

https://twitter.com/techsparks/status/657045887764434944?s=04

Proud that our entire team bleeds Maize n’ Blue!

A team of NASA JPL engineers is using the Phase Four CubeSat Ambipolar Thruster (CAT) and other key technologies to enable interplanetary CubeSat missions.  Read more here...

Phase Four was honored to be part of the TechSparks: Pitchfest & Entrepreneur Mixer last night at Cross Campus Pasadena.  We pitched small satellite electric propulsion to a mixed audience of entrepreneurs in the entertainment, financial, real estate and yes, even one fellow from the space industry.  

Apparently we were right - Plasma Matters.  We won the informal pitch contest, check it out:

Phase Four CAT proposed for CubeSat science mission to Mars

Mars Array of Ionospheric Research Satellites Using the CubeSatAmbipolarThruster

The MARSCAT Mission is a two 6U CubeSat mission to study the ionosphere of Mars. The mission will investigate the plasma and magnetic structure of the Martian ionosphere, including transient plasma structures, magnetic field structure, magnetic activity and correlation with solar wind drivers. The Mars transit proposed is piggy back with Mars2020 using a CAT burn for MOI.