Satellites are integral to modern technology, enabling everything from global communication to space exploration. But have ...

During its scheduled 13-month mission, the GPIM satellite will use its propulsion to demonstrate on-orbit maneuvers including attitude control shifts, orbital inclination changing and orbit ...

Most CubeSats don’t pack their own propulsion systems, instead hitchhiking into orbit aboard other satellite launches. Now, to make them more maneuverable, researchers have developed a system ...

Aerojet’s High-Power Hall System Providing Orbit-Raising Propulsion for Air Force’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite by SpaceRef November 23, 2010 Click to share on X (Opens in new ...

An artist’s conception shows Portal’s Supernova satellite bus in orbit, using a propulsion system that focuses sunlight on a heat exchanger to produce thrust. (Portal Space Systems Illustration) ...

In-space propulsion systems are the backbone of space exploration, and they’re becoming even more important as companies and government agencies deploy ever-more low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite ...

While the smell of moth balls may remind you of your grandmother's wardrobe, their key ingredient — naphthalene — is being used to propel satellites into space safely and efficiently.

Power management company Eaton Aerospace (Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.) announced on Aug. 23 that its successfully completed qualification testing for what is claims is the aerospace industry’s first valve ...