ISO 27001
Information security. Protecting what you share with us, through organisational, people, physical and technological controls.
We move fast
Our products move faster
Yesterday's satellite operators worried about colliding with debris. Tomorrow's will worry about active spacecraft capable of doing harm. Space resilience comes down to agility: how fast you can move, and how far before you run out of propellant.
The next generation of satellites has to be built to maneuver without regret.
North Propulsion builds green chemical propulsion systems for ESPA-class satellites. We make spacecraft more maneuverable for Europe and its allies, across commercial, governmental and dual-use missions.
Founded 2023 · Copenhagen, Denmark
“I've seen a lot of companies at this stage. The quality of testing here is what you'd normally see at a much larger company. The dedication to making repeatable products is rare, and it's what made me excited to come on board.”
Our approach
Propulsion as a product, not a project.
Chemical propulsion has historically been procured as custom projects, with year-long lead times. Two decades of commercial space have created a new demand: systems delivered fast, at high production volumes. We're on a mission to meet that demand and accelerate spacecraft maneuverability. To get there, we focus ruthlessly on three principles.
- 01Make standard products
- 02Design for high-volume production
- 03Design for simple modifications
Through a commitment to traditional manufacturing, we produce typically complicated parts like thrusters and propellant tanks at an unmatched cadence and cost.
- Milling
- Turning
- Welding
- Stamping
- Metal bending
- 100s
- of systems a year, at competitive prices
- <1 month
- lead time from stored hardware
What we believe
Pricing, capabilities and terms, from the very first conversation.
We aim to make working with us as simple as possible. You get full insight into our pricing, capabilities and contractual terms from the start, so you can check interfaces, budget and schedule right away. Our documentation carries no inflated numbers: what you see on the datasheet is what arrives at your facility, and where the system has limits, we state those too.
Or as one customer put it:
“Just make it work, and make it European.”
Exceptional people. Serious tools.
We’re building a propulsion company for the long run. That starts with the team. We are deliberate and take our time to find exceptional engineers, and once they’re here, we trust them with real responsibility.
We then back them with only the very best equipment for production and testing, and we automate everything we can. Automated welding, test sequences and data capture mean every unit is built and tested the same way, every result is recorded and traceable, and nothing depends on someone having a good day. That frees our engineers to spend their time on engineering, not on repetitive work.
We run the company with the same discipline we apply to the hardware. We invest in tools before headcount and keep the business healthy, so the team that built your thruster is still here to support it in orbit, long after launch.
Operations and standards
Quality and security, at the foundation.
Working with a propulsion supplier means sharing interface data, mission details and sometimes export-controlled information. You need to know it’s handled properly, and that every unit you receive was built under the same controlled conditions as the last.
That’s why we’ve taken quality and security seriously from day one. Our internal policies are guided by ISO 27001 and ISO 9001, the standards recognised across the industry. We focus on the practices that matter most and make sure they’re implemented and followed in daily work.
Documents are versioned, approved and traceable. Information is classified and handled according to its sensitivity, and access is limited to the people who need it. Our facility and hardware are physically secured, and every employee is onboarded into these practices from their first day. We vet suppliers and customers and follow export control rules, and we only use approved AI tools, with clear rules on what information may go into them. All of it is documented and logged.
ISO 9001
Quality management. Document control, risk management, supplier control and traceability are in place, and we’re extending them into a full quality system covering design, production, release and nonconformities.