New RCS thruster is ready for testing phase. #3dprinted fewer parts, faster assembly and scalable low cost production. 🔥🛰️ #Space #NewSpace #Engineering

Busy weeks for our #avionics team! From design & assembly to #coding & testing, they’ve successfully built #circuitboards linking our onboard computer with sensors and actuators. Plus, we commissioned our new Pick & Place system for faster, in-house #PCB production! 💪

🚀We’re hiring! Join PAVE to build the first European heavy kickstage and move payloads from LEO to GEO in 24h. CAD, FEM & hands-on testing skills welcome. 🛰️ https://t.co/RoNGrXsdkz #Spacecraft #Spaceexploration #Engineering #CAD #StructuralEngineering

Commercial orbital transfer reservation agreement signed with @Swissto12 , PAVE Kickstage will deliver their upcoming HummingSat to target orbit in under 24h, enabling faster service and a lighter design 🚀 #SWISSto12 #KickStage #OrbitTransfer #MissionIntegration #satellite

Today we celebrate the Anniversary of Colibri’s last flight!🚀 One year ago, we flew Europe’s first #VTVL rocket hopper. Since then, we’ve grown to 25 people, secured funding & first revenue, and started derisking key tech as we develop for Europe’s first heavy-class kickstage🛰️

🚀 Getting a sense of scale! Our #propulsion team designed the first iteration of our #ThrustChamberAssembly and 3D-printed a 1:1 plastic mockup to verify interfaces. Next step: review, validation, and #manufacturing. 🔧

Hardware-in-the-loop testing is starting!🕹 Our avionics and #GNC team has built our #HiL test stand to connect the vehicle simulation, GNC computer, and #TVC actuators. The sim runs on a dedicated computer, algorithms execute in real time, and actuator feedback closes the loop🚀

Igniter testing complete! 🚀🔥 This summer, our propulsion team tested multiple igniter designs, gaining key insights into the parameters that enable reliable ignition. Armed with this data, we’re moving forward with more confidence toward the full design of our main engine!

First PCB successfully tested! 🛠️ We finished design and manufacturing of the prototype of our main avionics board, successfully completing functionality test! Built on a triple modular redundant (TMR) architecture, it enables single-fault tolerance for our kickstage avionics ⚡

We’ve achieved ignition of our torch igniter prototype for our main engine! 🔥 After the catalyst tests that we did recently, we’ve shift focused to our torch igniter prototype. It runs on HTP and RP-1, the same propellant we intend to use for our main engine! 🚀

Orbit raising in less than 24 hours 🚀 Our kickstage is designed to precisely deliver 4+ tons of payload to GEO and beyond. Using storable propellant and restartable main engine, we can deliver customers to very specific orbit with high accuracy 🛰️

We successfully tested our #H2O2 catalyst assembly! We validated both decomposition performance and our small scale test stand. Plume is mostly water vapor and oxygen, so barely visible, but we got the expected chamber pressure and temperature! Next up: testing other variants! 🔥

Our first #catalyst assembly has been #integrated!🔧 This prototype will primarily assess H₂O₂ decomposition performance for our kickstage propulsion system, while also giving us valuable hands-on experience with high-test peroxide. 💨 Stay tuned for test #updates 🔥

A critical subsystem of the kickstage we are developing is #propulsion 🚀 Our main engine will be restartable and require a reliable #ignition system: a torch igniter 🔥 Our team built a small-scale #teststand to test multiple igniter designs in record time! Stay tuned!

We’re developing Europe’s first heavy-class #kickstage: POYA 🚀 Delivering 4+ tons of #payload to GEO and beyond, we cut commissioning time from over 6 months to just 24 hours and extend mission lifespans by saving #satellite propellant. 🛰️ Stay tuned to learn more about POYA!

🎉 Big smiles, big plans! Our 6 W.A. de Vigier Award winners are feeling the joy! 🏆 CHF 120 000 each to boost bold young founders early on. 🤩 We’re proud to support these visionary entrepreneurs as they build impactful companies out of 🇨🇭! @AxmedRx @PAVESpace

Meet Julie Böhning! Her startup @PAVESpace is dubbed the “Space Handyman” for improving space mobility through orbital logistics by deploying autonomous, mobile spacecraft. #InOrbitServicing #Space #Innovation #Aerospace

🚀 Meet the Top 10 nominees for the 2025 W.A. #devigier Awards! 💎Chosen from 200+ projects for their innovation, leadership & impact. 🏆 On June 18, they’ll pitch live in Solothurn - up to 5 will win CHF 120K! 📺 Watch live online at https://t.co/9xOGusCk8x #SwissStartups

Same team, new challenges! 💪 From building a #hopper to tackling space logistics, our journey keeps moving forward. Now, @PAVESpace is growing! If you're ready to be part of the future, reach out. 🛰️

Excited to announce our nomination by @Swissto12 for the International Vaud Enterprises Award as an emerging player in the #Swiss space industry. Thrilled to continue our journey with PAVE Space, pioneering space #mobility and in-orbit #servicing. 🛰️