Interesting Engineering on MSN6 个月
NASA’s new Hall-effect thruster could unlock small spacecraft revolution
which will increase satellite lifespans by adjusting their trajectory in geosynchronous Earth orbit. SpaceLogistics will use ...
inc424 天
Bellatrix Aerospace’s Green Revolution: The Push For Cleaner Satellites
Bellatrix has also built a series of Hall effect thrusters (HETs) branded Arka ... Besides this, the company also works with ...
Nature4 年
Energy engineering: Fuelling the future
A key breakthrough is a magnetic focusing Hall thruster ... With enhanced performance, the thruster was used on a satellite, and recently won the National Science and Technology Progress Award.
New York Post25 天
Boeing-made satellite explodes to bits in space after experiencing an ‘anomaly ...
A communications satellite built by Boeing exploded into ... It went into service three months later after an issue with its primary thruster and a second propulsion issue during testing took ...
Yahoo26 天
Boeing-made satellite breaks up in space
The IS-33e satellite had suffered problems previously, according to the website Space News, with issues concerning its primary thruster delaying it entering service in January 2017. Further ...