November 2018
BepiColombo – a mission to explore Mercury
... and Mercury, in combination with the thrust provided by the Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) - which is powered by a solar electric propulsion system - to reach its destination. The spacecraft will have a 7.2-year cruise, with one Earth flyby, two...
April 2021
Satellite servicing comes of age
... are shut down because they have run out of station-keeping propellant MEV-1 uses highly efficient Electric Propulsion (EP) engines, utilising xenon propellant to produce far more delta-v (velocity change) than standard chemical propellants. In fact...
07 June 2015
A quick(er) jaunt to Mars?
... Charlie Bolden during a news conference on potential new options for Mars travel, has been working on solar-electric propulsion systems, for example. In spite of this potentially welcome news, it still helps to remember that even with a shortened...
01 April 2020
Rocket Propulsion
... of history and classification, mission requirements and trajectory analysis, and pretty much everything from thermochemistry to electric propulsion. Each chapter has a further reading list and there is an appendix on numerical methods and fluid...
February 2016
Innovations in human astronautics
... future - a vehicle that would be able to deliver a manned ship and its crew to the Moon in a single launch. Electric propulsion engine transfer vehicles will have to be built in order to provide regular cargo traffic during the initial Moon...
10 June 2016
Intelsat 31 Telecommunications Satellite Successfully Placed in Orbit
... from its initial launch date due to an issue associated with electrical ground system equipment at Launch Pad 24. The Proton booster that... satellite owners have began adopting electric propulsion, fleets of all-electric satellites, which can weigh 50...
