SAN FRANCISCO – Southern California startup General Galactic plans to launch a 500-kilogram satellite later this year to ...

It sounds like a NASA pipe dream: a new spacecraft thruster that’s up to 40 percent more power efficient than today’s. Even better, its fuel costs less than a thousandth as much and weighs an eighth ...

More delicate electric propulsion systems, such as ion engines, are used to move the artificial satellites that are already in orbit. These are powered by electricity rather than chemical reactions, ...

The seed funding will support expanded manufacturing capacity, testing of critical infrastructure, and the acceleration of commercial deployment.

Chennai: Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology Madras have developed a compact high-voltage electronic system that ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Beyond Gravity has secured a contract to deliver robotic arm thruster pointing mechanisms for the small satellites Swissto12 is building for geostationary orbit. The multi-axis Appmax 3 ...

Electric propulsion is shaping the future of how we operate in space, and by investing in infrastructure like this we are ensuring that UK innovators can lead the way,” said Space Minister ...