Satellites Have an Electric Future

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By BBC News | 16 July 2012 | 149

One of the most interesting trends in satellite production in the next few years is likely to be the wide introduction of electric propulsion (EP). More and more satellites will be launched not with chemical thrusters to manoeuvre them in space but with ion propulsion units. The lighter payload is the one now being looked at seriously for the future of Galileo, Europe's new satellite navigation system. Read More