A SpaceX spacecraft carrying four astronauts is on a pioneering journey circling Earth over its poles after launching Monday ...

During testing conducted in September 2024 on a European satellite, Miles Space’s Poseidon M1.5 thruster, which fits in a one-unit cubesat, demonstrated its utility for applications like descent ...

Several issues marred Starliner's first crew flight to the space station last June, but the most serious of these was the failure of multiple maneuvering thrusters. Concerns about these thrusters ...

Isar Aerospace, based in Germany, is the first in a crop of new European rocket companies to attempt an orbital launch. If ...

ISRO has announced the successful completion of a 1,000-hour life test on its 300mN (millinewton) Stationary Plasma Thruster ...

The method – converting water into vapor before ionizing it to create plasma – has great promise for a wide range of ...

Those satellites join a megaconstellation of over 7,100 Starlink satellites in LEO, according to satellite tracker and astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell. Together, the globe-wide orbital mesh ...

Starlink satellites are visible from Earth, you just need to know when and where to look. The "Starlink satellite train" has become a captivating sight for skywatchers, offering a glimpse of the ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has completed a 1,000-hour life test of a Stationary Plasma Thruster for its Electric Propulsion System, set to revolutionize satellite technology by ...

ITU Member States at the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, adopted an innovative new milestone-based approach for the deployment of non-geostationary satellite ...

For similar reasons, iridium coating is used in satellite thrusters, allowing them to be lighter and more durable. The Falcon 9 rocket engine also has an iridium alloy in its rocket engine exhaust.

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