Re:First firing of air-breathing electric thruster
by 0xCMP on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @01:15AM
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Doesn't look like it. This type of drive has been around, but the issue had been that it would run out of propellant that powered it to keep the satellite in low earth orbit. This is the successful testing of a drive of the same type, but it collects that material from the atmosphere so it hopefully it won't run out for a long time and keep missions running longer.
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