And what can say we’ve arrived in the future more than off-the-shelf plasma thrusters for the DIY microsatellite market? Although [Michael Bretti] does tell us that he plans to sell these ...

Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems shows off the lab where its solar thermal propulsion system will be developed.

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 ...

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

Magdrive, a space tech startup, has developed a new kind of space thruster that can use any metal ... like other plasma rockets (e.g., How Industries’ Pulsed Plasma Rocket).

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 ...

The Electric propulsion System is proposed to be inducted and validated in the upcoming Technology Demonstration Satellite (TDS-01) of ISRO and will be used for orbit raising to the Geostationary ...