17 January 2020
SpaceX's last critical test before crewed flights begin
... vehicle and spacecraft will separate and the eight SuperDraco thrusters, which burn a high-pressure mix of hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide propellants, will burn to completion. The spacecraft is planned to splash down under its upgraded...
10 August 2020
Salty dwarf planet Ceres could be hiding an ocean
... around the globe have been working on data sent back by Dawn before it finally exhausted all of its hydrazine fuel, thus ending its mission just under two years ago. One of the studies, conducted by Carol...
21 December 2020
Innovative design could see CubeSats "steam-powered"
... make use of ‘energetic' propulsion systems that typically consume toxic, highly pressurised or even explosive liquids, such as hydrazine, for power. These are then adapted and scaled down for smaller units. This lends itself...
29 September 2021
Orbit Fab to launch first geostationary fuel tanker
... is the first tanker in this orbit, and Spaceflight has come up with a new way to get us there efficiently. Hydrazine fuel will be available for delivery as soon as it arrives, though we intend to take some time to demonstrate our long...
22 November 2021
NASA's asteroid impact mission due to launch Wednesday
... moonlet, which DRACO will never get a chance to see. Loaded with with roughly 50 kilograms (110 pounds ) of hydrazine propellant for spacecraft manoeuvres and attitude control and around 60 kilograms (130 pounds) of xenon for its...
21 November 2019
Orbex opens doors to Europe’s most modern rocket factory
... emissions by 90 percent compared to standard kerosene-based rocket fuels. It also avoids using hazardous substances such as hydrazine or highly concentrated hydrogen peroxide. Prime rockets were designed from the beginning to leave no orbital debris...
