It sounds like a NASA pipe dream: a new spacecraft thruster that’s up to 40 percent more power efficient than today’s. Even better, its fuel costs less than a thousandth as much and weighs an eighth ...

A new generation of thrusters has been used to precisely guide and point a satellite in space, paving the way for use of this technology on future spacecraft to save weight, fuel and cut power ...

TORRANCE, Calif., July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- K2 Space Corporation, a leading innovator of high-power, low-cost satellites, today announced the completion of two major milestones on the path to its ...

After release from the Falcon 9, the half-ton Haven Demo spacecraft stabilized itself and extended its power-generating solar ...

Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a U.S. company offering satellites, satellite components, and transportation and on-orbit services, announced today that it has signed a contract to perform a ...

SES is adding another servicer to what is already the broadest and busiest satellite life-extension roster in the commercial ...

The U.S. Space Force wants to put hundreds of missile detection and tracking satellites in orbit, but there's a lack of thrusters to power them. Redwire aims to enter the satellite thruster market, ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) experienced a setback in its attempts to place the NVS-02 navigational satellite in the desired orbit after its thrusters failed to ignite, hindering the ...

A recently launched satellite is stuck in space after failing to fire its thrusters, preventing it from reaching its operational orbit. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) shared an update ...

Saudi Arabia-based Arabsat has announced that its temporary satellite outage was due to a thruster issue. The company’s Badr-6 satellite’s payload was shut off for a few hours in February 2023 to ...