US EditionK2 Hotfire Paves a Path to Multi-Orbit Missions
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K2 Hotfire Paves a Path to Multi-Orbit Missions
K2 Space, the CA-based startup building low-cost, high-power satellites optimized for MEO, has spent the last year buying down risk and burning up fuel in preparation for its first customer mission in February 2026. Today, K2 announced a hotfire test of its Krypton-fed Hall-effect thruster, which for the first time demonstrated the 20 kW of power that will be necessary for its Gravitas mission in February to fly from LEO to MEO in under 90 days.…
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