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🙌 As we wrap up 2025, we’re proud to look back at a year filled with progress, innovation, and meaningful connections. For SETS, 2025 was all about advancing our technologies, validating performance, and staying closely connected with the global space community. Here’s what made this year special:

A couple of weeks have passed since Space Tech Expo Europe, and now we’re ready to share a small photo selection from the event. Those days were busy but very inspiring: full of meetings, new contacts and interesting conversations!

🚀 We’re at Space Tech Expo Europe! The exhibition runs from 18-20 November, and our team is already here. We’ve had the chance to connect with colleagues and potential clients, and we’re glad to connect with so many great people.

☄️ We are heading to Space Tech Expo Europe, one of the largest events in the space industry, taking place on November 18-20 in Bremen!

We’re excited to introduce a page on our website dedicated to SETS laboratory and testing facilities! ☄️ Take a look behind the scenes of our product development process and see the conditions in which our engineers create propulsion systems, Hall thrusters, and other technologies.

We joined the 39th International Electric Propulsion Conference 2025 in London with Professor Oleksandr Petrenko and our partners, EPS Tech! 📌 During the IEPC, we presented three collaborative papers showcasing the successful testing of our ST-25 thruster in EPS Tech’s lab – a critical step toward future flight missions and further cooperation.

☄️ New article on our blog! In may, the SETS team joined two major space events in Europe: EU Space Days and SmallSat Europe 2025. It was an inspiring last week of spring, full of meeting great people, exchanging ideas and discovering new opportunities for collaboration 🤝

🛰️ At the end of May, from the 26th to the 28th, SETS became part of SmallSat Europe 2025 in Amsterdam! This is a large-scale event for professionals in the field of space and technology. Dozens of exhibition areas of various companies, hours of networking with market colleagues, talks and discussions – all this made…

☄️ Our EU Space Days were incredible! On May 26–27 in Gdańsk, representatives from space companies, startups, business sectors, and policymakers came together to share experiences, tackle challenges, and, of course, establish partnerships 🤝 Over the course of two great days, #SETSteam had the chance to showcase our technologies. We had an incredible opportunity not…

🛰️ ☄️ We are going to EU Space Days 2025! On May 27-28, SETS will join the event that unites representatives of states and businesses for the development of the European space industry. EU Space Days 2025 is a platform for dialogue, collaboration and demonstration of cutting-edge solutions, and we at SETS are delighted to…

Next week promises to be an exciting one for the European space community. That’s because SmallSat Europe 2025 will take place on 27-28 May! 🛰️ We at SETS are excited to be part of this leading event dedicated to small satellite innovation, new technologies and the future of space missions. Our team is heading to…

Happy Earth Day! 🌍 For over 50 years, Earth Day has been uniting people around the world with a powerful message: our planet is our shared responsibility, and its future depends on our actions today. At #SETS, we are doing our part to protect not only the Earth, but also the space around it. Equipped…

First launched into space in 2022, our ST-40 Hall thruster has been an essential part of the SPS-40 Electric Propulsion System, which has been successfully operating onboard spacecraft ever since 🛰️ Now, we’ve taken it to the next level! We’ve modified the ST-40 thruster to extend its power range, unlocking even greater performance for future…

🫰 Our series of interviews with members of the SETS family is coming to an end! Today, we’re speaking with Ph.D. Dmytro Voronovsky, Senior Electric Propulsion Engineer. 🔷 How did your journey at SETS begin, and what challenges did the team face at that time? I started working at SETS about seven years ago, joining…

🪐 Our weekly posts have become a tradition! As part of our interview series celebrating the company’s anniversary, today we’re speaking with Andrii Troian, Хэштег#SETS’s Head of EPS Department. 🔷 What are the strengths of SETS products among other market players? SETS’s strength is definitely our ability to provide a comprehensive solution. We deliver both…

We continue our series of interviews with members of our team, prepared in celebration of SETS’s anniversary. Today, we speak with Prof. Oleksandr Petrenko, SETS’s Chief Scientific Officer! 🙌 🔷 What factors led your company to choose Hall thrusters as a key area of development? We began by considering all possible designs for electric propulsion…

☄️ 🥳 It’s our birthday! #SETS is celebrating nine years! We’ve spent nearly a decade pushing the boundaries of electric propulsion, and we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has been part of this journey: our colleagues, clients, and other electric propulsion market players. In honor of this occasion, we have prepared…

New article on our website! 🚀 In today’s post, we at SETS take a look back at the past year: celebrating our achievements, collaborations, and milestones. We’re excited to share it with you! Check out the link 👉 https://lnkd.in/epn-qhrZ

☄️ We are thrilled to share that our colleague, Professor Olexandr Petrenko, had the honor of speaking at the Joint Advanced Propulsion Institute (JANUS) meeting as a guest speaker. During his presentation, he showcased SETS products and provided insights into our ongoing projects. The event left our team impressed by the exceptional quality of work…

Season’s greetings and best wishes for the New Year! The SETS team wants wish the space community and all our followers a happy and successful New Year. May you have good health, inexhaustible energy, inspiration, and the strength to achieve everything you hope for in 2025! See you again next year! 🎄✨

✨ We’re excited to continue our tradition of wrapping up the year with a look back at our achievements. For #SETS, 2024 was a productive and inspiring year, and we’re ready to take it on in 2025! Here’s what made this year special: ✔️ First Anniversary of SPS-25’s Successful Operation Onboard the EOSAT-1 Spacecraft: This…

✌ We recently shared news of our visit to one of the #space industry’s most significant and well-established events: Space Tech Expo Europe! This is the fifth time #SETS has joined this dynamic three-day gathering. From Bremen, we brought back not only fresh impressions and valuable connections with potential partners and clients, but also some…

☄️ As we mentioned before, SETS was part of the Space Tech Expo Europe! The event was held in Bremen from November 19th-21st and it was a really busy three days! We managed to visit conferences and open discussions and met quite a few potential customers and partners. The expo was a great opportunity to learn…

SETS is happy to be at the Space Tech Expo Europe! ☄️ This premier event, one of Europe’s most significant gatherings for the #space industry, is happening right now! This is a place where professionals, investors, and space enthusiasts come together to attend expert-led conferences, build connections, and showcase their work. 😉 SETS is proud…

At #SETS, we are always testing our thrusters and systems to ensure reliable and efficient performance. Currently, we’re putting our ST-100 Hall Thruster through its paces, using krypton as the propellant. Krypton is a more cost-effective and abundant alternative to xenon, which is commonly used. While krypton provides slightly lower performance compared to xenon, its…

✨We at SETS are passionate about our work, especially its results: a finished product that we offer to our customers to meet their specific needs. This archival video shows our ST-25, which was delivered to our partners. This Hall Thruster looks great, don’t you think? 🤩

📈 🛰️ With the growing number of #satellites and other devices orbiting Earth, the Moon, and beyond, managing space is a growing challenge. Today, satellite deployment and in-orbit support are critical for ensuring sustainability in #space. These problems require advanced solutions, including space mobility. This is where #SETS comes in! We offer precise and reliable…

💫 🌎 It’s officially the 24th Annual #WorldSpaceWeek! World Space Week is an international celebration of science, technology, and their contributions to the betterment of the human condition. In 1999, the UN General Assembly declared that World Space Week would be celebrated annually from October 4-10. We are proud to join in the celebrations, and…

At #SETS, we’re always evolving and innovating to meet the needs of both the market and our customers 🤝 Today, we want to share a behind-the-scenes look at the SETS laboratory, where tests of our new products are being conducted. 🧑‍🔬 Our engineers have already started work on the laboratory model of our ST-22 thruster,…

🌌 🤓 Striving for perfection is in SETS’s DNA. That is why, once we shipped two ST-25 Hall Thrusters to our customers, we set about improving our laboratory and starting additional ST-25 tests! We are setting up a new probe measurement system that we will use for our entire line of thrusters. These probe measurements…

📦 🛰 As part of our contract with EPS Tech, we produced two ST-25 Hall Thrusters, which have successfully passed all necessary tests and have already been delivered to our South Korean partners! 🙌 Despite the challenges Ukraine currently faces, we continue to perform according to the highest standards to meet the needs of the…

📈☄️ Open analytical data on the Electric Propulsion Systems market demonstrates a growing trend. Over the next decade, the estimated size of the market is expected to reach $24.5 billion, with the current size $14.7 billion. This means increased investments in EPS manufacturers and a growing demand for these innovative systems. The cooperation with EPS…

☄ 🛰 As we have shared in the past, our #SETSproduct line features the SPS-100 Propulsion System for medium and large satellites, which can provide 1000-1600 W of power. We now have a new post on our blog in which we explain in detail the conditions and missions in which our system can be used….

🪐 We at SETS are thrilled to be covered by the leading space media SpaceWatch.Global! It is important to us and gives us great motivation to move forward. 😊 Today, we want to thank SpaceWatch and Kofoworola Joshua Faleti for publishing the material about the contract with EPS Tech! As part of the contract, we…

✨We are happy to announce that SETS has signed a contract with the South Korean producer of satellite electric power systems EPS Tech! According to the contract, we will build two ST-25 Hall Thrusters for our partners in the coming months. This type of thrusters has already been successfully tested in real conditions in orbit…

🤞 Meet the #SETSfamily! Our company’s technological developments are supported by a team of true professionals. We are inspired by our successes, motivated by our failures, and constantly improving! Thank you to everyone who has joined us on this path. And we want to give a special thanks to our partners, who have believed in…

#SETS continues to give tours of our laboratory! 🔬 In these photos you can see our electro-technical laboratory, as well as a laboratory containing vacuum equipment, in which we conduct testing of thrusters and electric propulsion systems.

🥳 SETS is on Wikipedia! ☄️ #SETS continues on its development path. In addition to our work in designing, modernizing, and testing our electric thruster technology and creating new products, it is important for us to make ourselves known to a wider audience and share our achievements. And what better way to do that than creating…

⛽️ Xenon, krypton and argon are known as noble gases, which in chemistry differ in their non-reactivity with other substances. They are used in various industries, and their properties also allow them to be widely used in #space technologies, including as a propellant in Hall effect thrusters. Learn more about the features of each of…

🌠 Today, we want to take the chance to introduce those who are just becoming acquainted with our #SETSproducts to the benefits of electric propulsion for satellites. 🔹 Electric propulsion thrusters are much more energy efficient compared to chemical thrusters.. Chemical-fuelled, while providing spacecraft with great thrust, consume a great amount of resources. This affects…

🌠 Today from our list of #SETSproducts, we have the SPS-100 Propulsion System! It is designed for medium and large satellites that can provide 1000-1600 W of power to onboard propulsion systems. The SPS-100 is a perfect solution for a wide range of spacecraft and can be used for orbit maintenance, performing orbital maneuvers, and…

🌍 Happy Earth Day! Earth Day has been celebrated around the world for over 50 years. The holiday represents an urgent annual reminder that the whole world must work together to ensure the preservation of our common home. We at #SETS are contributing  to the sustainability of our orbit with our satellites by equipping them…

🛰 🔬 Let’s look inside our #SETS laboratory! It is equipped with high-end technology which allows our engineers to design thrusters with the best performance. In addition, the SETS laboratory has 5 vacuum chambers which we use to conduct numerous studies and test thrusters of different power levels. We have a behind-the-scenes look at the…

🌌 Congratulations to all involved on Cosmonautics Day! Cosmonautics Day has been celebrated on April 12 every year since 1962. The date is dedicated to the first orbital flyby of the Earth on this day in 1961. Ukraine’s space history is full of exciting events and talented people. Today, we at SETS are continuing to…

🌠 Now it’s time to tell you about our Xenon Feed System in our #SETSproducts selection! The XFS is designed as part of the Electric Propulsion System of our Hall-effect thrusters. The XFS fulfills two main tasks: decreasing the high pressure to the working pressure and feeding xenon into the electrical propulsion thrusters at a…

☄ Check out the gorgeous blue flames generated by our thrusters! What is it that makes this color? Our electric thrusters use Xenon and Krypton as propellant. These are heavy monatomic gasses without color or odor. They’re the best available propellant for electrical propulsion thrusters in space because they’re inert and easily ionized. The heating…

🛰 The satellite market is growing exponentially. As a result, the demand for engines for these satellites is exploding. This growing market demands a wide array of satellite propulsion solutions. Thus, we have developed a line of Hall Effect EP systems covering a broad range of satellite classes: from microsatellites weighing more than 50 kg to…

🤗 We’re happy to announce to you that SETS technology was listed by NASA at the current Hall-effect thruster devices applicable to small spacecraft! Our ST-25 and ST-40 were mentioned as part of the agency’s Small Spacecraft Technology State-of-the-art report. This is the 4th time that our company’s products have been included in this list….

🥳 Today is SETS’s Birthday! Our company was founded on March 1, 2016. We are proud to have grown over the past 8 years into a serious player in the electric propulsion market. We thank everyone who has been with us on this remarkable journey. ⭐️ Full speed head towards new achievements!