April 2024
Unlocking the NewSpace economy through space-based solar power
...far more attractive, rather than just relying on surface solar or nuclear power. Spacecraft on exploration missions powered by electric propulsion could be given an additional SBSP-provided boost during their accelerating phase. This means that their...
April 2025
Spacecraft anomalies and insurance losses
... launch. This is because of the increasingly common slow climb to operational orbit using efficient, but low thrust, electric propulsion. Debris strikes appear to be a low insurance risk (only one percent) for now at least So, a spacecraft could have...
April 2019
LISA Pathfinder – paving the way for future studies of the gravitational universe
... optional mission extension. Two options for transfer are being studied: one uses electric propulsion, the other, similar to LPF, uses conventional propulsion modules which would be jettisoned after the transfer phase. Like LISA Pathfinder, each...
14 January 2016
Job Opportunities at ESTEC
... as Electronic Power Conditioners, EPCs, for specialized spacecraft payloads such as Travelling Wave Tube Assemblies, TWTA`s, and Electric Propulsion Concepts. Essential skills Requirements Applicants shall bring an Engineering PhD or Masters...
October 2015
Japan’s H-IIA rocket: beautiful, accurate, and on-time
... in two opposite directions: lighter and heavier. This demand trend mainly stems from the widespread use of electric propulsion systems. Under current plans, the H3 rocket will accommodate demand by launching a broad band of satellite masses. Three...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
...also likely imply systems that ran off of solar and electric propulsion systems. It is important to note that space mining ...effective space transportation systems such as solar powered electric propulsion. If one could develop multi-use systems ...
