October 2015
Green cosmonautics: an ideal to strive for
... are5: pollution of the environment by toxic rocket fuel components, space debris, pollution of the Earth’s surface... 1996 and patented in 199910. The fuel is composed of microgranules that contain fuel and/or oxidiser. The microgranules are perfectly...
January 2018
Creating a viable cislunar economy
...per year. Over 85 percent of this energy is supplied by fossil fuels in the form of oil, natural gas and coal. These resources ... alleviate issues of scarcity and environmental damage of fossil fuels. And unlike terrestrial solar and wind power, space...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
... – and perhaps those on Mars too – most believe that fuel, air, food and power supplies will need to be locally sourced...a good chance of working. Elon Musk is banking on local fuel supply manufacture on Mars to allow for the refuelling of its BFR...
03 February 2020
“Breakthrough” 3D-printed rocket engine tests completed in Fife
... Skyrora has completed a week of static horizontal firings conducted in Fife to compare the behaviour of kerosene and eco-fuel. The test firings allowed Skyrora to assess its innovative 3D-printed 3.5kN LEO engine, which will be used...
April 2018
Servicing the space economy
...uses electric propulsion with a substantial supply of onboard gaseous fuel. This fuel is then used to reach the client spacecraft, for... the satellite being decommissioned from GEO, with wasted fuel onboard, the operators can use all of that propellant...
April 2021
Satellite servicing comes of age
...television signals to millions of customers, it has run out of fuel and is drifting in orbit. The other, a brand new satellite...or helping satellites that are still operating, but lack sufficient fuel, to achieve a graveyard orbit. Launch of MEV-2 from...
