The large satellite propulsion system market is a key player in space technology, integrating chemical, electric, cold-gas, and hybrid thrusters crucial for satellite maneuvers. Driven by the demand ...

NASA has selected a team led by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation of Boulder, Colo., for a technology demonstration of a high performance “green” propellant alternative to the highly toxic ...

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When a malfunctioning U.S. spy satellite threatened to fall out of orbit in February 2008, military officials took the unusual step of blasting the spacecraft to bits with a well-aimed missile. Most ...

The Ball Aerospace-led Green Propellant Infusion Mission, funded by NASA, has flown for 13 months using an alternative to hydrazine. Credit: Ball Aerospace WASHINGTON — Ball Aerospace says it has ...

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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy is sending a bunch of new technologies to orbit SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy is sending a bunch of new technologies to orbit On Monday, SpaceX is set to launch the third flight of its ...

BOULDER, Colo. — A spacecraft that will test the unique attributes of a high-performance, nontoxic, "green" fuel on orbit is being prepped for launch in 2017. NASA's Green Propellant Infusion Mission ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has highlighted progress towards the use of a ‘greener’ satellite propellant to replace the hydrazine currently used by thrusters. Following work with the UK company ...

NASA has put out the call for greener propellant fuel for use on the spacecraft of the future. Though it does not appear that NASA has stipulated that alternative propellants must match the ...