Ion thrusters, in their various forms ... Hundreds of such thrusters were used for stationkeeping in Soviet satellites in the 20th century. Credit: Finlay McWalter, public domain These designs ...

This is what we see on land as the “train.” When the timing is right, each satellite uses its ion thruster to ascend into higher altitude and operational orbit. Jonathan McDowell, an ...

What do scanning electron microscopes and satellites have in common? On the face of things, not much, but after seeing [Zachary Tong]’s latest video on liquid metal ion thrusters, we see that ...

Magdrive is working on three versions of its space thrusters, and because they run on solid metal, they might one day even be powered by space junk collected directly in orbit, turning it from threat ...

Letara, a startup that develops and manufactures propulsion systems (engines) for spacecraft such as satellites using plastic as fuel, announced on the 12th that it has raised an additional 650 ...

So it’s no surprise that one of the most recent deals is to Magdrive, a UK-based startup that says its electric propulsion system for satellites will deliver a higher thrust in a smaller form ...

SpaceX is actively communicating with the deployed satellites to utilize their ion thrusters in an attempt to raise their orbits. It remains uncertain how this incident will impact SpaceX's ...

De-Orbit Times Drop to Less Than a Week for 250 Kilometer Altitude The de-orbit time is the duration a satellite takes to naturally re-enter Earth’s atmosphere due to atmospheric drag, without ...