SpaceNews

Aerojet and NEC Collaborate to Explore Low Power Ion Propulsion Systems for Satellites

Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY – News) company, and NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701 – News) announced today that the companies will explore the feasibility of jointly supplying low power ion propulsion ...
SpaceNews

Desert Works Propulsion expands U.S. ion propulsion capability through domestic manufacturing partnership and test capacity growth

Desert Works Propulsion expands U.S. ion propulsion capability through domestic manufacturing partnership and test capacity growth ...
Futurism

This Mini Ion Thruster Is Adorably Tiny

Scientists at the European Space Agency have created a miniaturized ion thruster that’s capable of keeping a satellite steady while in Earth’s orbit. Liquid metal forming on a tiny spiked crown made ...
SpaceRef

Disruptive Electrical Propulsion Power Processing Unit For Gridded Ion Thrusters Project Kick-Off

Demand for electric propulsion is growing for space applications and the proposed technological solutions are evolving fast. Gridded Ion Technology allows a more efficient management of Xe, providing ...
TweakTown

This brand new drone uses ion propulsion and is virtually silent

Undefined Technologies has unveiled the new design of its concept eVTOL drone named the Silent Ventus. The drone is powered by proprietary ion propulsion technology, creating "high levels of ion ...
New Atlas

Satellite fires up iodine-fueled ion thruster for the first time

In a development that could help slow the proliferation of space junk, the orbit of a communications satellite has for the first time been altered using solid iodine as a propellant. The Beihangkonshi ...
Astronomy

Iodine propulsion systems take flight in space

(Inside Science) — Right now, there is a unique spacecraft orbiting our planet. Its secret is the iodine propellant it uses to maneuver in space. The spacecraft, launched in 2020, is a type of ...
Business Insider

Future Mars trips will require huge shifts in spacecraft propulsion, with NASA and startups working on a fix

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Flightglobal

Tests put ion propulsion in clusters

Qinetiq is testing ion propulsion engines in close proximity as part of trials to develop a space propulsion system suitable for the European Space Agency's BepiColombo mission to Mercury (Flight ...
Hackaday

3D Printing An Ion Propulsion System

As much as we love Star Trek, we have to admit there are some continuity problems. For example, in Spock’s Brain, the alien-of-the-week’s ion drive gave Scotty engineering envy. However, in The ...
Hackaday

ion propulsion

Small pinwheel type ion motors fall into the category of a fun science experiment or something neat to do with high voltage, but Hackaday’s own [Manuel Rodriguez-Achach] added a neat twist that ...