Perttu Yli-Opas, CEO

Aurora Propulsion Technologies

Perttu Yli-Opas, CEO of Aurora Propulsion Technologies, is driving the space industry towards a sustainable future by exploring and building the technologies required for comprehensive space sustainability. Aurora produces the revolutionary Plasma Brake systems for deorbiting spacecraft from LEO, along with water-based thrusters for collision avoidance, orbit management and proximity operations. Perttu’s current focus is to understand the long-term implications of space activities, and to find a commercially viable and sustainable path for the industry to build a self-sustaining off-Earth economy.