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T4i is a spin-off of Padua University born in March 2014. We provide the aerospace market with smart propulsion solutions and services. We’re a quickly growing team operating in the Newspace economy. Our offices are based in Padua, Italy.
The company has been founded by the Space Propulsion Group of Padua University, who started to work on electric and chemical propulsion systems from 2006 under the European Commission and ESA programs. After several years of studies, simulations and testing, the technologies reached great performances and a maturity level that pushed the group to create T4i to turn these technologies in real products and put them in the market.
Today the key products are electric and chemical propulsion systems for in-space and launcher applications. In the specific, T4i provides two solutions: an innovative cost-effective, robust, complete and flexible 1.5U electric propulsion module, REGULUS, suitable for micro and nano satellite platforms, and three chemical propulsion systems (mono-propellant, hybrid and bi-propellant motors) based on highly stabilized hydrogen peroxide. These cover different in-space applications for low-cost satellite platforms (HTP Monopropellant Engines 10-300 N, small Liquid Rocket Motors 100-300 N, small Hybrid Rocket Motors 100-1000 N) as well as small upper stages, micro launchers, sounding rockets and gas generators applications.
Published 4 years ago
On 3rd July, T4i participated at the final of the INNOspace Masters OHB Challenge, reaching an amazing silver medal. Our CEO, Daniele Pavarin, presented an upgraded version of REGULUS, T4i’s electric propulsion module for small satellites.
The link at the summary of the project presented during the competition https://bit.ly/2XwSW4N
Published 5 years ago
T4i wins the National Innovation Award 2018
On 4th March 2019 T4i received the National Innovation Award “Premio dei Premi” 2018 during the awarding ceremony that took place at Palazzo Madama in Rome, in the presence of the President of Senate Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati. T4i’s CEO Daniele Pavarin and the co-founder Marco Manente represented the company during the event.
The “Premio dei Premi” award is reserved to those companies that distinguished themselves in the innovation field in Italy by winning one of the national competitions organized by the major business and professional associations in service and industrial sectors. In particular, T4i won the Italian Master Startup Award in May 2018 by presenting the development of disruptive electric and chemical propulsion systems conceived for small and micro satellites.
This is an important achievement for T4i reached thanks to its team, everyday’s hardwork and creativity; this is also a great way to celebrate its 5thyear of activity: T4i, in fact, was officially founded on 7th March 2014.
Published 5 years ago
T4i attended the Innovative Enterprise Vienna conference last week after having been selected from the best Seal of Excellence candidates.
Click to watch our video presentation.
Published 5 years ago
T4i has recently been inserted in Satsearch.co, a platform fully dedicated to the space sector: thanks to this search engine it is possible to find space products and related services from all over the world; our profile and our electrical propulsion system Regulus can be found at the following link:
Published 5 years ago
Regulus at the Joint Session for Small Satellite Propulsion Systems
From the 1st to the 5th October, T4i joined the International Astronautical Congress 2018 in Bremen, Germany: it is an event that takes place every year in a different city, where more than 4000 experts of the space sector reunite together and exchange contacts and get updates about the latest news in the field.
The theme of this year’s IAC edition was “Involving everyone”, with no distinction of gender, races or social status such as no distinction in big and small, more or less known space companies; thanks to this inclusive vision, it was possible to turn the attention on the new companies and start-ups which are emerging in the space market and are changing its panorama: smaller satellites, smaller launchers, new smart and cost-effective solutions will allow to offer worldwide affordable space services.
One of the main points of interest for T4i was presenting REGULUS, a small 1.5U electric propulsion system suitable for cubesats and microsatellites, robust and reliable to ease in-space maneveurs.
The EM was on display during the fair at ICE’s booth, where T4i was hosted, and in the afternoon of 5th October, our Business Development Manager Elena Toson held a speech to present it during the Joint Session for Small Satellite Propulsion Systems under the Space Propulsion Symposium: the presentation focused on how the markets’ changes opened a world of new opportunities, how a small propulsion system can make satellites more efficient, enlarge their life-time period and how REGULUS can satisfy the request of cheaper and innovative propulsion options with its flexibility and performances. T4i’s electric propulsion solution raised much interest but there are still some events to join before the beginning of the Qualification Tests in December, so new opportunities for T4i and REGULUS to get known.
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