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NEXT-GEN REFUELLING
DFT Port for SatDrive Docking
Dawn Aerospace is proud to be providing our customers with our Docking and Fluid Transfer (DFT) port for SatDrive propulsion systems to enable in-space refueling and docking for debris removal.
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Extended Lifespan: Significantly increases the operational life of satellites.
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Enable new missions: High delta-V missions such as Active Debris Removal, VLEO Earth observation and dynamic space operations all become possible with refuelability.
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Minimized Debris: Provides a docking location which can be used to manoeuvre your satellite should it become non-operational before end-of-life.
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Make fuel an optional operational cost, not an operational limit: A non-refuellable satellite has limited manoeuvres before it must de-orbit. A refuellable satellite can elect to change position as often as makes financial sense without limitation.
DFT PORT
Connections
Fluids - Nitrous oxide and Propene or Ethane. Each propellant has two inhibits - x1 mechanical and x1 electrical.
Power and Data - for connectivity with Dawn SatDrive systems, allowing customer spacecraft to remain passive during refuelling operations.
Mechanical connection to permit manoeuvre loads during satellite towing.
AVAILABILITY
Integrated on all systems from 2026 onward.
We want to encourage all Dawn customers to be service-ready by default. So we are offering the DFT port as standard on all SatDrive systems above 10kNs. This will ensure all Dawn customers are at the forefront of satellite mobility and mission flexibility; enabled by in-space refuelling.
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