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(SpaceEnergy) University of Toronto researchers have developed a lunar orbit-maintenance strategy that reduced modelled stationkeeping propellant requirements by 12.5% compared with conventional
(SpaceEnergy) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University researchers have detailed cold-gas propulsion testing for a CubeSat deployer designed to place multiple small satellites into customised
(SpaceEnergy) US space-power startup Beyond Reach Labs has unveiled Flarewing, a family of deployable structures designed to support spacecraft solar arrays generating up
(SpaceEnergy) Australian satellite maker Inovor Technologies has selected Neumann Space electric propulsion for its planned Hyperion space domain awareness constellation, with the first spacecraft
(SpaceEnergy) French launcher developer MaiaSpace has signed a commercial contract with launch-services company RIDE! to carry compatible auxiliary payloads alongside future Maia missions.
(SpaceEnergy) University of Toronto researchers have experimentally characterised a low-power water resistojet designed to provide manoeuvring capability within the mass, volume and power
(SpaceEnergy) Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory researchers have validated a mechanically pumped thermal-control system enabling a small-satellite payload to operate continuously at more
(SpaceEnergy) China has postponed its Chang'e-7 lunar south-pole resource mission after determining that the spacecraft was not ready for its
(SpaceEnergy) University of Georgia researchers have proposed a 6U CubeSat to demonstrate collection, storage and wireless relay of solar energy from low Earth orbit.
(SpaceEnergy) KORUCUSAT-2 will monitor the behaviour of a silicon-anode battery in low Earth orbit, supported by a newly developed spacecraft power simulation
(SpaceEnergy) University of Manchester researchers have developed a design tool intended to simplify development of 3D-printable cold-gas propulsion systems for nanosatellites. The
(SpaceEnergy) Japanese researchers are advancing the engineering model of the 40kg-class PIERIS solar sail, with deployment testing under way ahead of a planned
