October 2019
Electric orbit raising and space weather
..., where they are exposed to the harmful effects of trapped protons. Figure 1 demonstrates two previous approaches to electric orbit raising (EOR) used by real missions in the last few years, showing the gradual spiral to geostationary altitude as the...
18 October 2017
Europe’s first all-electric telecom satellite breaks record
...in doing so, broke the record for the fastest satellite electric orbit raising (EOR). In the four months prior to its launch, testing of the satellite showed that the electric thrusters smoothly and efficiently propelled the satellite to the targeted...
