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Engines / Thrusters
Next Generation Plasma Thruster Now In Development By Magdrive
The rapid increase of smallsats being launched into Earth’s orbit is increasing at a phenomenal rate. From a total of 385 smallsats launched in 2019, the expectation now is that more than […]
Ariane 6 Departs to Begin Hot Fire Testing
And so the process begins … ArianeGroup‘s announcement indicates that the first complete upper stage of the new Ariane 6 launch vehicle has just left the ArianeGroup plant in Bremen, Germany. […]
AASC’s Metal Plasma Thruster Selected By ASTRA LLC For RROCI Mission
AASC is proud to announce that in August of 2020, the company was selected by ASTRA LLC to deliver a flight-ready version of the firm’s Metal Plasma Thruster (MPT) for […]
Northrop Grumman’s Validation Test Of A New Rocket Motor For United Launch Alliance Is A Success
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has conducted a validation ground test of an extended length 63-inch in diameter Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM 63XL — data sheet at this direct link…) […]
Hybrid Rocket Engine Hotfire Success For Gilmour Space Technologies
Gilmour Space Technologies completed a successful hotfire of the world’s largest, single-port, hybrid rocket engine. Gilmour Space continues to demonstrate key sovereign space and industry capabilities as it prepares to […]
Iodine Propulsion Proven Viable For Smallsats In Space By ThrustMe + Spacety
The space industry seeks new solutions to ensure economic and environmental space sustainability with the rise of satellite mega-constellations. A solution lies in the use of on-orbit propulsion, but traditional […]
ArianeGroup + CNES Sign Agreement For Testing Of ESA’s Prometheus Rocket Engine
Following the visit to the ArianeGroup (formerly Airbus Safran Launchers) site in Vernon by the President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron, Minister of the Economy and Finance Bruno Le […]
UPDATE: Blue Origin’s New Shepard Launch Is Successful
Blue Origin successfully completed its 14th mission to space and back on January 14, 2021, for the New Shepard program. Mission NS-14 featured a crew capsule outfitted with astronaut experience […]
Space Mobility On-Orbit Demo Success By Exotrail
Exotrail reports the full success of the first-ever cubesat mission equipped with Hall-effect electric propulsion technology. Through an In-Orbit Demonstration mission launched to LEO on November 7, 2020, onboard a […]