Credit: Artist's concept of Eurtelsat 172B: Airbus
LYON, France—Eutelsat 172B, the first European-built all-electric satellite, has reached geostationary orbit in just more than four months, allowing manufacturer Airbus and operator Eutelsat to claim a new record. Airbus chose Hall-effect thrusters in a quest for a trade-off between efficiency and...
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