18 October 2017
Europe’s first all-electric telecom satellite breaks record
... satellite, Nicolas Chamussy, Head of Space Systems at Airbus said; “we are the first company to demonstrate full electric propulsion for satellites of this size and capacity, enabling their launch in the most cost-efficient manner. Furthermore, ...
July 2021
Nitrous oxide – a green propellant for commercial space exploration
... applications started at the University of Surrey, UK, in 1998, focusing primarily on investigations into low-cost resistojets. A resistojet is an electric propulsion thruster that provides thrust by heating a fluid. Heating is achieved by passing...
January 2017
Blueprint for NASA’s journey to Mars
... Orion for EM-4, the prototype assembly platform will be delivered by solar electric propulsion. The Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) will also be demonstrating solar electric propulsion (SEP) capability to transport large masses in deep space in this...
October 2019
Electric orbit raising and space weather
...commercial satellite missions have begun to employ the use of electric propulsion for orbit raising. In a conventional launch, the ... more than a few days. On the other hand, when electric propulsion alone is used, it can take up to 200 days to ...
19 August 2019
Maxar selected to build, fly first element of NASA’s Lunar Gateway
... orbits over its lifetime to maximize NASA’s science and exploration operations. Maxar’s extensive experience with solar electric propulsion includes 36 spacecraft on-orbit today and more than 100,000 hours of firing time. A key element of Maxar...
August 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
... asteroids. The advantage of such a way-station is that the low gravitational pull at L-1 is such that highly efficient electrical propulsion systems could be used for travel from L-1 to any point in the Solar System. This article is therefore about...
