New micro propulsion technologies in Microsatellite and Nanosatellite constellations enable autonomous civil and military missions

​Traditionally the launched satellites were Large ( Mass >1000 Kgs) and Medium satellites (500 to 1000 Kgs) which were high-performance, multifunctional with long lives which required larger rockets with greater thrust and expensive to launch, and took long development times. Only large commercial players and government organizations could afford to commit >$100M USD to develop, manufacture, …