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...
June 2017
Bepi-Colombo will unveil Mercury’s secrets
..., to be inserted in to an orbit a spacecraft needs to be slowed down, therefore a lot of fuel needs to be carried for the manoeuvres – in fact going to Mercury requires more fuel than going to Pluto! Even if engineers were able to stabilise a Mercury...
07 March 2018
World's first firing for ESA's air-breathing electric thruster
...up air molecules from the top of the atmosphere to use as fuel. The technology is set to pave the way for how future ...team set about finding a way to continually replenish the onboard fuel and thus keep the satellite working. “This project began with...
19 June 2017
"The most efficient rocket engine in the world" to be launched by ARCA
... the rocket. The company also advised that “the type of fuel tanks that will be installed in the Haas 2CA SSTO Rocket ... level all the way to space, meaning it needs significantly less fuel than current engines – up to 30 percent less. The engine ...
15 June 2018
Company aims to reach orbit with spinning rocket
...traditional chemical rocket propulsion, such as kerosene and other fossil fuel derivatives, to get its vehicles off the ground. "...wind [eliminate] the use of toxic and dangerous rocket fuels." Nonetheless, how exactly the technology works and how much...
