17 Mar
2009
17 Mar
'09
10:53 p.m.
Bill Ress wrote:
Following up on David's (G0MRF) post about the ion engine, the ESA Goce satellite mission, due to launch next week, uses a nifty ion engine which you can see at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7935621.stm
As the article says, "this is a beautiful satellite" !
I notice that it has an S band downlink, It would be interesting to see if we could hear it.
The ion engine is just way cool.
regards
Tim
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