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Dated Oct 31, 2023
A Canadian Space Agency profile documents a $1.5 million contribution and successful testing of Aethera power-processing technology for Ad Astra's VASIMR system, while Aethera's current official site continues to present RF products and engineering activity from Halifax.
Source: From food products to space: the Aethera story (opens in a new tab)Reviewed assessment
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Mission areas
Contributing capability
Solid-state radio-frequency power systems
Arctic Domain Awareness
Space-qualified RF power electronics could enable satellite systems used for northern sensing and communications; this is a derived enabling-technology assessment, not a documented Arctic deployment.
Evidence strength: Needs ReviewCapability last reviewed Sep 18, 2026
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Solid-state industrial RF generators and custom propulsion power electronics
Solid-state radio-frequency power systems
What it enables
Solid-state RF generators for industrial dielectric heating and custom power-processing units for plasma propulsion. Industrial APG configurations are advertised at 10–400 kW and 7 or 14 MHz with IP-based controls. A separate 2020 VASIMR paper reports a 120 kW ground-test PPU; its configuration-specific 98% DC-to-RF efficiency and TRL 5 status do not establish flight qualification of the entire portfolio.
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Space-technology contribution recipient
Canadian Space Agency
The Canadian Space Agency documents a $1.5 million contribution that supported Aethera's adaptation and testing of RF power-processing technology for the VASIMR electric-propulsion system.
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Which product configuration, cooling, duty cycle and load matching meet the intended process, and which acceptance measurements are guaranteed?
Industrial APG and VASIMR use different frequencies, packaging and qualification environments.
What later environmental, endurance or flight qualification has been completed, and which results apply to the offered propulsion unit?
The public PPU paper reports a 2020 TRL 5 ground test with a resistive load.
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Sep 18, 2026
Identity and profile
- Open source: APG industrial RF configuration and control interfaces (opens in a new tab)
APG industrial RF configuration and control interfaces
Aethera Technologies
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