Spacecraft propulsion Current Affairs, GK & News
Green Propulsion Technology of ISRO
ISRO is developing “Green Propulsion Technology”. The technology is being developed for the Human Space Flight Mission of India, Gaganyaan, that is to be launched in December 2021. What is Propulsion Technology? Propulsion means push forward or drive an object forward. In rockets and airplanes, the propulsion is generated through the application of Newton’s third ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Gaganyaan • Green Propulsion Technology • GSAT-9 • Human Space Flight Programme • Human Space Mission • Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) • ISRO • Propellant Technology • Propellants • Rocket propulsion • SAARC • Spacecraft propulsion
Air-Breathing Electric Thruster (ABET)
The European Space Agency (ESA) is building Air-Breathing Electric Thruster (ABET) that can possibly extend the working life of satellites by years and even help with interplanetary travel using just the air around it as a propellant. This Air-Breathing Electric Thruster (ABET) does not operate in complete vacuum, but works in low Earth orbit (LEO) ..
Topics: Atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion • Interplanetary spaceflight • Ion thruster • Spacecraft propulsion • Thruster
Japan launches ‘Space Junk’ collector
Japan has launched a cargo ship carrying a ‘space junk’ collector made with the help of a fishnet company to the International Space Station (ISS). The cargo ship will carry space junk collector and other materials like batteries and drinking water for the astronauts living on the International Space Station (ISS). A capsule named Kounotori ..
Topics: Electrodynamic tether • H-II Transfer Vehicle • International Space Station • Kounotori 6 • Kounotori 7 • Litter • Outer space • Space debris • Spacecraft • Spacecraft propulsion • Spaceflight
United States X-51A vehicle crashes in test flight
X-51A built by U.S. which was designed to travel from London to New York (around 5570 km) in 45 minutes crashed into the Pacific Ocean in its test flight. The test was conducted off the coast of California at Mach 6 speed– (up to 7,300 kmph) which means six times the speed of sound. What is ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2012
Topics: Aerodynamics • Aerospace engineering • Aircraft • Airspeed • Aviation • Boeing X-51 Waverider • Hypersonic aircraft • Hypersonic speed • Mach number • NASA X-43 • Spacecraft propulsion • Vehicles
China successfully tests LOX/kerosene engine
China successfully tested its new 120-tonne-thrust Liquid OXygen (LOX) and kerosene engine for its new generation carrier rocket– the Long March-5. The engine: · High-performance · High-pressure staged combustion cycle engine · Non-toxic · Pollution-free · Highly reliable Powerful than the 75-tonne-thrust engine used in the launch of Shenzhou spacecraft, the institute said. China comes ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2012
Topics: Combustion • Engines • Liquid-propellant rocket • Raptor • Rocket engine • Rocket engines • Rocket propulsion • Rocketry • Spacecraft propulsion • Staged combustion cycle