Desert Works Propulsion (DWP) has successfully completed initial testing of multiple prototype discharge and neutralizer ...

Similarly, private space companies like SpaceX have acknowledged experimenting with alternative noble gases for their Starlink satellite constellations. In 2020, SpaceX’s Starlink satellites began ...

The idea behind electric propulsion is that an electric current ionizes (i.e. removes an electron from) atoms of a neutral gas, such as xenon or krypton, stored on board a spacecraft.

Pale Blue plans to demonstrate its 1U water ion thruster twice in 2025 on D-Orbit’s Ion Satellite Carrier, an orbital transfer vehicle. The contract with D-Orbit includes two launch ...

Early ion thrusters cost about $1.2 million. Something old and something new in electric propulsion 🚀 The lower box is one the earliest spacecraft ion thrusters (from EOS circa 1962), and on top is a ...

Imagine a plane with no moving parts, no noise, and reduced maintenance costs. MIT’s ion propulsion plane is here to make it a reality. Learn how this breakthrough works and what it means for ...

Milan, 30 October 2024 – Create a prototype of an efficient aircraft capable of flying with ion propulsion. This is the aim of the IPROP project, led by Politecnico di Milano, and funded by the ...

LOGAN, Utah–Water-based thruster specialist Pale Blue plans to demonstrate an ion thruster in early 2025. The Japanese company has delivered its water-based ion thruster demonstrator to the ...