... 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...
.... For example, while the underwriter of an Airbus A380 policy would rarely be interested in the design of its power or propulsion system, a typical satellite insurer is interested in the type of solar array and battery employed and keen to know...
...they drift apart unless prevented from doing so by a propulsion system. If they orbit a body such as the ...Finnish Meteorological Institute and an inventor of the Coulomb drag propulsion technologies (electric sail and plasma brake). His background is...
... Point 1 (L-1) and maintaining its position along the Sun-Earth-line using only reflected light for propulsion. Seeking solutions Terrestrially-launched sunshades require only modest advances in technology and could be deployed relatively quickly...