Zenno Astronautics CEO Max Arshavsky with the company's superconducting magnetic actuator. Credit: Zenno Astronautics
SAN FRANCISCO – Zenno Astronautics, a New Zealand startup focused on applying superconducting magnets for spacecraft attitude control and acceleration, plans to redomicile to the United States.
“It is obvious that most of the global space industry, both commercial and defense, as well as global venture capitalists are here,” Max Arshavsky, Zenno CEO and co-founder, told SpaceNew from Los Angeles, where he was viewing spaces to lease.
Arshavsky co-founded Zenno in Auckland with Sebastian Wieczorek, Zenno chief product officer. Zenno’s impending relocation comes on the heels of a June demonstration of its Z01 Supertorquer, a superconducting magnetic actuator, aboard Impulse Space’s Mira satellite.
“It’s the world’s first and most capable magnetic stabilization systems for satellites, and it’s now ready commercially,” Arshavsky said.
